1787 1793 1801 1813 New Hampshire, 3 4 5 6 Massachusetts, 8 14 17 20 Rhode Island, 1 2 2 2 Connecticut, 5 7 7 7 Vermont, 2 6 6 New York, 6 10 17 27 New Jersey, 4 5 6 6 Pennsylvania, 8 13 18 23 Delaware, 1 1 1 2 Maryland, 6 8 9 9 Virginia, 10 19 22 23 Kentucky, 2 3 10 Tennessee, 1 6 North Carolina, 5 10 12 13 South Carolina, 5 6 8 9 Georgia, 3 2 4 6 Ohio, 6 When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.--_Const. U. S._ Art. I. Sec. 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office.--_Const. U. S._ Art. I. Sec. 6.$ SECTION VI. QUORUM. $A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.--_Const. U. S._ Art. I. Sec. 5.$ In general, the chair is not to be taken till a quorum for business is present; unless, after due waiting, such a quorum be despaired of, when the chair may be taken, and the House adjourned. And whenever, during business, it is observed that a quorum is not present, any member may call for the House to be counted; and being found deficient, business is suspended.--2 _Hats._ 125, 126. $The President having taken the chair, and a quorum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall be read to the end, that any mistake may be corrected that shall have been made in the entries.--_Rules of the Senate_, 1.$ SECTION VII. CALL OF THE HOUSE. On a call of the House, each person rises up as he is called, and answereth; the absentees are then only noted, but no excuse to be made till the House be fully called over. Then the absentees are called a second time, and if still absent, excuses are to be heard.--_Ord H. of C._ 92. They rise that their persons may be recognized; the voice, in such a crowd, being an inefficient verification of their presence. But in so small a body as the Senate of the United States, the trouble of rising cannot be necessary. Orders for calls on different days may subsist at the same time.--2 _Hats._ 72. SECTION VIII. ABSENCE.