Why is the U.S. House of Representatives So Small?

If membership of the House of Representatives had kept pace with U.S. population growth over the past century there would be 1,092 Representatives instead of just 435. For most of the past several decades, the majority of Americans have disapproved of the job Congress is doing, so it may seem counterintuitive to suggest that what we need is a larger Congress. But that may be exactly what we need to reinvigorate our democracy, while also bringing the House of Representatives closer to the representation envisioned in the U.S. Constitution.