Decade before Baker v Carr was filed, it was required by the federal government that in every 10 years each State has to provide population statistics. In the early 1900s, there was a rapid growth in the population and urban migration in America. However, the State of Tennessee had not redrawn its legislation districts since 1901. While the population was increasing in the State of Tennessee, its political representative still stayed the same. Charles Baker and other urban residents of Memphis in 1920-1962 sued the appointed Tennessee’s Secretary of State Joseph Carr. The notion of lawsuit argument was that the establishment of the districts was a violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The case was dismissed in the district court
