The number of which this branch of the legislature is to consist, at the outset of the government, will be sixty-five. Within three years a census is… - Alexander Hamilton

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The number of which this branch of the legislature is to consist, at the outset of the government, will be sixty-five. Within three years a census is to be taken, when the number may be augmented to one for every thirty thousand inhabitants; and within every successive period of ten years the census is to be renewed, and augmentations may continue to be made under the above limitation.