Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

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Members of the United States House of Representatives are elected officials who serve in the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the federal legislative body established by Article I of the Constitution. The House is composed of 435 voting members apportioned among the fifty states according to population, with each member representing a congressional district and serving a two-year term. Representatives must be at least twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States for at least seven years, and an inhabitant of the state from which they are elected. The House holds the exclusive constitutional power to originate revenue bills, impeach federal officials, and elect the President in the event no candidate secures an Electoral College majority. Since the First Congress convened in 1789, thousands of individuals have served as Representatives, reflecting the full breadth of American political, social, and regional history.

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