Legal declaration or no, the United States was now at war. The multiple starting dates for the war complicate efforts to describe the causes of U.S. entry. The United States became involved in the war for a number of reasons, and these evolved and shifted over time.
There are 100 Senators in the Senate. The number of Senators per state remains at two and the total number only changes when a new state is admitted into the union. There are 435 Representatives in the House of Representatives. The number of members in the House of Representatives is a different story and is based on population. The process by which seats in the House are distributed to the states is called âCongressional apportionmentâ and starts with the U.S. Census which is conducted every ten years.
Currently, the Michigan Congressional Delegation is composed of 14 representatives in the House and two Senators in the U.S. Senate. How many people do congressmen and senators represent? Members of the U.S. House of Representatives each represent a portion of their state known as a Congressional District, which averages 700,000 people. Senators however, represent the entire state. How do the House and Senate chambers differ?