This is a bad question because it implies a change took place. In fact, the way House of Representatives legislatures were chosen has always been the same: "House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States." Article I, Section II
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The representatives for the House of Representatives are chosen by election. The Representatives are up for re-election every two years. Representation in the House of Representative is determined by the census that is taken every two years.
The House has been elected directly as it is now since the beginning. The difference is in the number of House districts. The total number used to grow so that every district represented 10,000 voters.
The house of representives and the senate.
5 served in the Continental Congress 15 Served as Senators 19 Served in the House of Representives Some served as members of two of the above at different times. Example: John Tyler was a member of the House of Representives from 1816 to 1821 and was a Senator from 1827 to 1836.
The speaker of the house gets chosen by a vote of the members of the house. The constitution does NOT require that the speaker be an elected member of congress.
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Constitution states .. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker