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.
Each U.S. state is represented in the House in proportion to its population as measured in the census, but every state is entitled to at least one representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives.On the other end of the spectrum, there are seven states with only one representative each (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming). The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435.he House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress (a bicameral legislature). It is frequently referred to as The House.