State House State Legislative Office

Elections: 1857-present. State Representatives were elected to a one-year term until 1878 at which point they were elected to two-year terms. There were 80 state House seats at statehood across 37 districts, but those numbers have changed dramatically over the decades following various apportionments: 42 seats in 21 districts (Apportionment of 1860), 47 seats in 22 districts (1866), 106 seats in 41 districts (1871), 103 seats in 47 districts (1881), 114 seats in 54 districts (1889), 119 seats in 63 districts (1897), 130 seats in 67 districts (1913), 131 seats in 67 districts (1917), 135 seats in 118 districts (1963), 135 seats in 120 districts (1967), and 134 seats in 134 districts (1973). Over the decades there have been between one and six seats per House district.