Initially, each representative mandated for around 30,000 people. Nowadays, because of the increase in population, each representative mandated for around a million people. With an increase or a decrease in population it might change in the future.
He wrote a detailed memoir about his experience.
It was a swift succession.
Johnson was sworn in a hurry given the assassination of John F.
Kennedy. This was to ensure the
stability of government during this traumatic period. Though he started his term well, Vietnam
turned public opinion against the government.
