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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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The Senate amended the bill for apportioning U.S. House Representatives based on the Third Census, changing the ratio from one per 37,000 to one per 35,000 persons, potentially resulting in 181 members in the next Congress. A table compares current representation with projections under both ratios for each state.
Merged-components note: Merged table (reading order 80) into preceding domestic_news component (reading order 79) as the table provides supporting data for the apportionment bill discussion in the text.
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The bill for the apportionment of Representatives according to the Third Census, has been amended in Senate so as to fix the ratio at one for every 35,000, instead of one for every 37,000, as fixed by the House of Representatives, as shewn by the following statement of the respective numbers of members which the two rates would give to each state, and of the proportion of representation which each state at present enjoys in the House of Representatives.
So that if the bill pass as amended by the Senate, the House of Representatives in the next Congress will consist of one hundred and eighty-one members.
| Massachusetts has | At present. | At 37. | At 35. |
| New-Hampshire | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Vermont | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Rhode-Island | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| New-York | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| New-Jersey | 17 | 25 | 27 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Delaware | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Maryland | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Virginia | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ohio | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| North-Carolina | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| South-Carolina | 18 | 21 | 23 |
| Georgia |
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Domestic News Details
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Washington City
Event Date
Dec. 3.
Outcome
if passed as amended, the house of representatives in the next congress will consist of one hundred and eighty-one members.
Event Details
The bill for the apportionment of Representatives according to the Third Census has been amended in the Senate to fix the ratio at one for every 35,000, instead of one for every 37,000 as fixed by the House. A statement shows the respective numbers of members under both rates for each state and current proportions.