Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) de facto President Taft (a resident of the federal enclave of Ohio) signs the Apportionment Act of 1911, fixing the membership in the House of Representatives at 435. This establishes a ratio between constituents and Representatives of 210,000:1.
NOTE: To keep special interests from gaining unwarranted influence in James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” wanted this ratio to be no higher than 50,000:1.
Postscript: A century later that ratio was 710,000:1, and the Federal budget was out of balance by an amount of over 1,300,000,000,000 “dollars.
[restored 6/5/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 278.
Current U.s. National Debt:
