Structure and makeup of Congress in 1789 and in 2020

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On March 4.1789, the first session of the first house of Representatives was conducted in Federal Hall, New York. At this time, only 13 members were present in the hall. Until 1st April 1789, the required quorum of 30 members out of 59 was not accomplished. The first thing that was done on the house was to elect the Speaker of the House. For the election of 1st Congress, the election was held in 1788 and 5 states participated in it electing 29 representatives and 30 more representatives were elected in 1789 in the year 1789 when the election was held on 6 more states.

In the Congress of 2020, there are 535 voting members: 435 representatives and 100 senators. Apart from this, there are 6 nonvoting members in House of Representatives. So the total number of members of Congress in 2020 is 541. At present in Senate, there are 74 men and 26 women, while the house of representative has 313 non-Hispanic whites, 44 Hispanic, 15 Asian, 56 black and 4 American Indian

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