Apportionment Flashcards
is the problem of dividing up a fixed number of things or objects among groups of different sizes
APPORTIONMENT
is a method of dividing a population into several parts
APPORTIONMENT
the ratio between the total population and the total number to apportion
- Standard Divisor
the whole number part of the quotient of a population divided by the standard divisor
- Standard Quota
the standard quota rounded down to a whole
- Standard Quota Lower (or Lower Quota)
the standard quota rounded up to a whole number
- Standard Quota Upper (or Upper Quota)
the standard quota rounded off to a whole number
- Standard Quota Round Off (Round Off Quota)
The first census was to be taken in ____, less than three years after the ratification of the Constitution.
1790
His method was approved by U.S. Congress in 1791, but was voted by President Washington. It was later adopted in 1852 and used through 1911.
HAMILTON’S METHOD
HAMILTON’S METHOD
Alexander Hamilton
provides a procedure to determine how many representatives each state should receive.
HAMILTON’S METHOD
says that the final number of representatives a state gets should be within one of that state’s quota.
QUOTA RULE
proposed a new method of apportionment after President Washington vetoed Hamilton’s Method in 1791
Thomas Jefferson
- This method tends to favor larger states
JEFFERSON’S METHOD
JEFFERSON’S METHOD
Thomas Jefferson
A method similar to both Jefferson and Webster which uses modified standard divisor
ADAM’S METHOD
ADAM’S METHOD
President John Quincy Adams
this method rounds the quota to the nearest whole number rather than dropping it
WEBSTER’S METHOD
WEBSTER’S METHOD
Daniel Webster
But rounding off numbers depends on comparing the quota and its geometric mean
HUNTINGTON-HILL METHOD
HUNTINGTON-HILL METHOD
Edward Vermilye Huntington and Joseph Adna Hill
