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redistricting of congressional districts  

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  • Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution calls for representation to the House of Representatives to be apportioned among the states according to the respective number of individuals residing in each state. The initial apportionment, or assigning of seats to individual states, gave 10 districts to Virginia, 8 to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, 6 to Maryland and New York, 5 to Connecticut, North Carolina, and South Carolina, 4 to New Jersey, 3 to New Hampshire and Georgia, and 1 each to Rhode Island and Delaware. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Redistricting, Congressional Districts]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M6HN70F2-X

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