[EL] Shrinking legislatures

Thu May 16 12:25:24 PDT 2019

Georgia went from 205 House, 54 senate in the 1962 county-apportionment legislature, to 180 House, 56 Senate at some point before the mid 1970s. I'm tracking down the precise change date.

Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
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Ohio used to change the number of house and senate seats at each election.  Each county was guaranteed at least one seat, regardless of population size, and additional seats were given to counties with unusually large populations.  They usually had around ~130-140 representatives, and ~30-35 senators.  Post Reynolds v. Sims, Ohio adopted the current size of 99 state reps and 33 state senators.

Gongwer has a chart showing the size of each session.  http://www.gongwer-oh.com/public/gahis.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gongwer-2Doh.com_public_gahis.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=qKdtBuuu6dQK9MsRUVJ2DPXW6oayO8fu4TfEHS8sGNk&r=itJIms9G3wxvyGkmVqA7xg&m=tO_xNtfv18aLAiKTNq79Wq2kpzTxDO-pVAcqT3FA1VA&s=Rl-bvBzHt0rauyA6HeHofIw15FLetoA1YWksWtFNOok&e=>

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:57 PM David Segal <davidadamsegal at gmail.com<mailto:davidadamsegal at gmail.com>> wrote:
We went from 100 -> 75 in the RI House and 50 -> 38 in the Senate in 2002. Constitutional amendment, put on the ballot by the legislature.

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:55 PM David O'Brien <dobrien at fairvote.org<mailto:dobrien at fairvote.org>> wrote:
Nebraska shrunk the size of its legislature when it voted to switch to a unicameral system in 1934. Prior to that referendum, it had a Senate with 33 members and a House of Representatives with 100 members. Today it only has a 49-member Senate.

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:42 PM Edelman, Paul <paul.edelman at law.vanderbilt.edu<mailto:paul.edelman at law.vanderbilt.edu>> wrote:

I am in search of examples of legislative bodies that have shrunk, either of their own volition or by order of some superior entity.   They seem to be as uncommon as shrinking university administrations.  Does anyone have any examples?  Thanks in advance.

Paul

Paul H. Edelman

Professor of Mathematics and Law

Vanderbilt University

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