Elliot’s Debates: Volume 1
Journal of the Federal Convention
Friday, June 29, 1787.
It was moved and seconded to strike the word “not” out of the 1st clause of the 7th resolution reported from the committee.
On the question to strike out, it passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 4. Nays: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 6. Divided: Maryland, 1.
It was then moved and seconded to agree to the 1st clause of the 7th resolution, as reported from the committee, namely:
“Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the first branch of the legislature of the United States ought not to be according to the rule established in the Articles of Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation.”
On the question to agree, it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 6. Nays: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 4. Divided: Maryland, 1.
It was moved and seconded to postpone the further consideration of the 7th, in order to take up the 8th resolution; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 9. Nays: Massachusetts, Delaware, 2.
It was moved and seconded to amend the 8th resolution, reported from the committee, so as to read as follows, namely:
“Resolved, That in the second branch of the legislature of the United States, each state shall have an equal vote.”
Before the determination of the house was taken on the last motion, the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 oclock, A. M.
