Public Law 62-5, which was passed on August 8, 1911 set the membership of the House of Representatives to what number?
History of the United States House of Representatives until the 2018 elections. Congress has the power to regulate the size of the House of Representatives, and the size of the House has varied through the years in response to the admission of new states, reapportionment following a census, and the Civil War. In 1911, Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1911, also known as 'Public Law 62-5', which capped the size of the United States House of Representatives at 435 seats. Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii were each granted one representative when they first entered the union. During the next reapportionment, the size of the House was
1911 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico Arizona Territory to be admitted as a single state, but this was later removed. New Mexico was finally admitted as a state during the 62nd Congress, with 2 Representatives, which was subsequently reduced to 1 in the Apportionment Act of 1911, passed prior to New Mexico statehood. 1911 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico New Mexico's first election to the United States House of Representatives was held on November 7, 1911 for two Representatives elected at-large for the 62nd Congress New Mexico joined the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. It had been a