TIL the 1st amendment was originally proposed as the ‘Congressional Apportionment Amendment’, initially requiring 1 representative per 30,000 constituents up to a maximum of 50,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment
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