How many members of Congress are there?
There are 535 Members of Congress: 435 Representatives in the House, usually called Congressmen or Congresswomen, and 100 Senators in the Senate. The House used to expand as the population of the country grew until 1913, when it was set at the current number of 435. There have always been two Senators for every state.
There are 535 Members of Congress: 435 Representatives in the House, usually called Congressmen or Congresswomen, and 100 Senators in the Senate. Additionally, there are 4 non-voting delegates sent from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico sends a non-voting Resident Commissioner who serves a four-year term. The House used to expand as the population of the country grew until 1913, when it was set at the current number of 435. There have always been two Senators for every state.
A. There are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives, so there are 535 members of Congress. The House has several non-voting members that are not included in the count (see the Members of Congress Page for a list of the current Congress). The number of representatives kept rising until a law was passed in 1911, locking the number of representatives to the number current at that time. That number was 435.
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