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Lyndon Johnson: “The Chief Executive shall be elected by a majority of the entire membership of the legislative body and shall serve…”

On the recordDecember 19, 1965
The Chief Executive shall be elected by a majority of the entire membership of the legislative body and shall serve until the end of the term of the legislative body that shall have elected him.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Executive Order 11263—Further Amending Executive Order No. 10713, Providing for Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

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