Connecticut Compromise

By katerina.e.lambert

  • Connecticut Compromise was Introduced

    -"Connecticut Compromise Motion" was introduced by Ellsworth. -Proposed equal representation in Second Branch with proportional representation in First Branch.

  • Creation of the Gerry Committee

    Committee was created that consisted of 11 delegates. Delegates from each state:
    - Gerry (Massachusetts)
    - Ellsworth (Connecticut)
    - Yates (New York)
    - Patterson (New Jersey)
    - Franklin (Pennsylvannia)
    - Bedford (Delaware)
    - Martin (Maryland)
    - Mason (Virginia)
    - Davie (North Carolina)
    - Rutledge (South Carolina)
    - Baldwin (Georiga)

  • Committee met to work on the issues of the previous day.

    -Tried to find a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plans.

  • Report by Gerry Committee

    -Report from the committee:
    1. Representation in First Branch by population (1:40,000).
    2. Second Branch is to give each state an equal vote.
    3. Money bills to originate in first branch and not subject to amendment by second branch. -Baldwin of Georiga was not there to vote on whether or not to postpone first proposition in report. Vote went (1-9).

  • Gerry justifies the report from the previous day.

    -Gerry: "We are neither the same nation not different nations" Report:
    -Agreed (7-3-1) to commit the question of 1:40,000 representation in first branch to the Morris Committee.
    -Agreed (5-3-3) to retain money bills provision.

  • Sherman reinforces case for equal representation of States in Senate

    Gerry Committee Report was discussed.
    -Equal vote for each state in Second House was voted on. Agreed (6-3-2) to retain provision.
    -Gerry: "the new Government would be partly national, partly federal."

  • Distributing 56 Seats in the House to 13 States

    -Morris Committee suggested approval of population formula (1:40,000).
    -Second part of the Committee Report approved (9-2).

  • North-South, Large-Small Discussion

    -Recieved report from 11-Member Committee allocating 65 among 13 States for House.

  • Census and Representation

    Inconclusive discussion on periodical censuses.
    -Defeated (7-3) a motion to strike out 3/5 for substitute Butler-Pinckney "all" motion.
    -Defeated (6-4) motion "to include 3/5 of the blacks."

  • "Blacks equal to whites in ratio of representation?"

    -Approved (5-4-1) a motion to have census within first 6 years of First Congress.
    -Defeated (7-3) for succeeding censuses every 20 years.
    -Agreed (8-2) on censuses every 10 years.
    -Defeated (8-2) motion for "for rating blacks as equal to whites instead of as 3/5."
    -Approved (6-2-2) motion to proportion direct taxes, including 3/5, to representation.

  • Does partly national,partly federal make sense?

    -Defeated (5-4-1) motion to limit representation of new western states.
    -Discussed equal vote for each State in Second House with money bills originating in First House. Defeated (4-6).

  • Connecticut Compromise Accepted (5-4-1)

    -Agreed (5-4-1) to Gerry Committee Report: House Proportional, Senate Equal Representation for each State, and money bills originating in First Branch and not amendable by Second Branch.