| Article I Section 2 |
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| The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second |
| Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State |
| shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous |
| Branch of the State Legislature. |
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| 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. |
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| Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several |
| States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective |
| Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free |
| Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding |
| Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. |
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| The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first |
| Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent |
| Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of |
| Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each |
| State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration |
| shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, |
| Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut |
| five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, |
| Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and |
| Georgia three. |
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| When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive |
| Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. |
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| The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; |
| and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. |
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