There can be no more than 435 congressmen in the House of Representitives.
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The Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for a term of three years, and shall serve for no more than three consecutive terms.
The House of Representatives is favored by larger states because the number of representatives in the House for each state is decided by the states' population. This means that larger states have more representatives. Therefore, they will have more votes and a bigger influence.
The House Of Representatives has 435 people in it. The senate has 100 people.
Each resident of the 50 states has 3 Congress members - two Senators and one Representative. In common parlance, "congressmen" is taken as a synonym for Representative, so the answer you are probably looking for is one. Each state is divided into one or more congressional districts based on population, with Montana (the least-populous state) having one congressional district,and California (the most-populous state) having 53. A census is taken every 10 years, and the congressional districts are adjusted at that point. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 set the size of the House at 435 Representatives, although in 1959, that temporarily rose to 437 with the new states of Alaska and Hawaii each getting one representative. The 1962 elections, based on the 1960 election, once again gave us 435 representatives. Senators serve the state at-large, while Representatives each have their own district, so even if your state has dozens of Representatives, if you live in the 50 states, you have only one Representative, but two Senators. Citizens of other parts of the US, such as the District of Columbia, US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico, and US citizens not living in the US don't get to elect a voting Representative or Senator.
Yes. As per the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives uses proportional representation. This means states with larger populations have more representatives in Congress.