“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”

What are the 3 requirements listed for House members? Older than 25, 7 years a US citizen, you must be an inhabitant of the state in which you are elected in. Who is the presiding officer of the House?

Simply put, a representative democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. A perfect example is the U.S., where we elect a president and members of the Congress. We also elect local and state officials.

The reapportionment Act of 1929 was passed because membership in the house needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members. On June 11, 1929, the House of Representatives passed the apportionment ACT which adjusted the number of representative as 435.

United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution.

There are currently 435 seats in the House. Seats are distributed based on the population of each state, with each state guaranteed at least one representative. Representatives must be at least 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and reside in the state that they represent.