United States Representative
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the
two chambers
of the
United States Congress
; the other is the
Senate
. Each
state
is represented in the House
proportionally
by its
population
, and is entitled to at least one representative; the most populous state has 53 representatives. The
total number of representatives
is currently fixed at 435 by
Public Law 62-5
of 1911, though Congress has the authority to change that number. Each representative serves for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the House is known as the
Speaker
, and is elected by the members. The present House delegation by state are shown in the article
List of U.S. states by population
.
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