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THE NEW APPORTIONMENT
Under the bill to apportion Representatives in congress among the states under the Federal census of population in 1890, which was approved February 7, 1891 the whole number of Representatives after March 4, 1893 will be 356. Under this law the states will be represented in the lower house of the Fifty-third congress by the number of members stated in the first column, and consequently be entitled to the number of Presidentiad electoral votes stated in the second column below.
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in 53rd Congress | Electoral votes
next Presiden-
tial election | STATES | Representa-
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in 53rd Congress | Electoral votes
next Presiden-
tial election | STATES | Representa-
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| Alabama | 9 | 11 | Maryland | 6 | 8 | Oregon | 2 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 8 | Massachusetts | 13 | 15 | Pennsylvania | 30 | 32 |
| California | 7 | 9 | Michigan | 12 | 14 | Rhode Island | 2 | 4 |
| Colorado | 2 | 4 | Minnesota | 7 | 9 | South Carolina | 7 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 6 | Mississippi | 7 | 9 | South Dakota | 2 | 4 |
| Delaware | 1 | 3 | Missouri | 15 | 17 | Tennessee | 10 | 12 |
| Florida | 2 | 4 | Montana | 1 | 3 | Texas | 13 | 15 |
| Georgia | 11 | 13 | Nebraska | 6 | 8 | Vermont | 2 | 4 |
| Idaho | 1 | 3 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | Virginia | 10 | 12 |
| Illinois | 22 | 24 | New Hampshire | 2 | 4 | Washington | 2 | 4 |
| Indiana | 13 | 15 | New Jersey | 8 | 10 | West Virginia | 4 | 6 |
| Iowa | 11 | 13 | New York | 34 | 36 | Wisconsin | 10 | 12 |
| Kansas | 8 | 10 | North Carolina | 9 | 11 | Wyoming | 1 | 3 |
| Kentucky | 11 | 13 | North Dakota | 1 | 3 | |
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| Louisiana | 6 | 8 | Ohio | 21 | 23 | Totals | 356 | 444 |
| Maine | 4 | 6 | | | | | | |
PARTY DIVISIONS
In House of Representatives, fifty-Second and Fifty-Third Congresses
| STATES |
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| Dem | Rep | F A | Dem | Rep | Peo | Dem | Rep | F A | Dem | Rep | Peo |
| Alabama | 8 | | | 9 | | | Nebraska | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 5 | | | 6 | | | Nevada | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| California | 2 | 4 | | 4 | 3 | | New Hampshire | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| Colorado | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | New Jersey | 5 | 2 | | 6 | 2 | |
| Connecticut | 3 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | New York | 23 | 11 | | 20 | 14 | |
| Delaware | 2 | | | 2 | | | North Carolina | 8 | 1 | | 8 | 1 | |
| Florida | 2 | | | 2 | | | North Dakota | | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Georgia | 10 | | | 11 | | | Ohio | 14 | 7 | | 11 | 10 | |
| Idaho | | 1 | | | 1 | | Oregon | | 1 | | | 2 | |
| Illinois | 14 | 6 | | 11 | 11 | | Pennsylvania | 10 | 18 | | 10 | 20 | |
| Indiana | 11 | 2 | | 11 | 2 | | Rhode Island | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| Iowa | 6 | 5 | | 1 | 10 | | South Carolina | 7 | | | 2 | | |
| Kansas | | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | South Dakota | | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Kentucky | 10 | 1 | | 10 | 1 | | Tennessee | 8 | 2 | | 8 | 2 | |
| Louisiana | 6 | | | 6 | | | Texas | 11 | | | 13 | | |
| Maine | | 4 | | | 4 | | Vermont | | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Maryland | 6 | | | 6 | | | Virginia | 10 | | | 10 | | |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 5 | | 3 | 10 | | Washington | | 1 | | | 2 | |
| Michigan | 8 | 3 | | 5 | 7 | | West Virginia | 4 | | | 4 | | |
| Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Wisconsin | 8 | 1 | | 6 | 4 | |
| Mississippi | 7 | | | 7 | | | Wyoming | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Missouri | 14 | | | 13 | 2 | |
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| Montana | 1 | | | | 1 | | Totals | 237 | 87 | 8 | 220 | 128 | 8 |
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