Apportionment Act of 1911

Apportionment Act of 1911

Long title	An Act For the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth Census.
Nicknames	Apportionment Act of 1911, Public Law 62-5
Enacted by	the 62nd United States Congress
Effective	March 4, 1913
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 62–5
Statutes at Large	37 Stat. 13
Codification
Acts amended	Apportionment Act of 1901
Titles amended	2
U.S.C. sections amended	2 USC §2a
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2983 Passed the House on   Passed the Senate on August 8, 1911  Signed into law by President William Howard Taft on
Major amendments
Reapportionment Act of 1929
United States Supreme Court cases
Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932) Connor v. Johnson, 402 U.S. 690 (1966) Department of Commerce v. Montana, 503 U.S. 442 (1992)

The Apportionment Act of 1911 (Pub. L. 62–5, 37 Stat. 13) was an apportionment bill passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911. The law initially set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives at 433, effective with the 63rd Congress on March 4, 1913.^[1] It also included, in section 2, a provision to add an additional seat for each of the anticipated new states of Arizona and New Mexico (which happened in 1912), bringing the total number of seats to 435.^[1]