United States Congressional Appointment

OTL the House of Representatives grew from 65 to 243 or so by 1840 - while the number of constituents per representative did not reach 50 000.

It was only with 1843 redistricting, that Representatives were deliberately shrunk and number of constituents jumped over 70 000.

So. If you compare the OTL size of Representatives with the size requied by Article the First - assuming the 1792 Connecticut ratification is not misfiled as it was per OTL, so it is applied on each redistricting since 1803. What are the respective Representative sizes, 1803-1853?

Bigger Representatives means bigger Electoral College - slightly less weight to smaller states (three-fifths?). What are the direct political effects of Article the First on the Presidential elections 1844-1860?
 
Bigger Representatives means bigger Electoral College - slightly less weight to smaller states (three-fifths?). What are the direct political effects of Article the First on the Presidential elections 1844-1860?
3/5 Compromise presumably wouldn't be affected; each slave still counts as 3/5 of a person towards that 50,000. I'm far to lazy to actually do the math for the elections;)
 
Complete and utter nonsense on every level.
You’d have people who can’t do the job doing the job to fill some magical “quota”.

I'm relieved to discover that there aren't even three women in Arkansas (which, for example, has four house members and two senators) who would be qualified to serve in Congress.
 
I'm relieved to discover that there aren't even three women in Arkansas (which, for example, has four house members and two senators) who would be qualified to serve in Congress.

That wasn't what anyone was saying. First, it was a hypothetical scenario. Second, you have to draw your pool of candidates from those that *want* to serve, which will limit your pool even more. Third, qualification is not simply a absolute term. Its relative; if there are better candidates that are shut out because of this quota system, the state and country suffers. It doesn't matter if your quota is based on sex, hair color, or height.
 
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