Elliot’s Debates: Volume 1
Journal of the Federal Convention
Monday, August 13, 1787.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the word “seven,” and to insert the word “four,” in the 2d section of the 4th article.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the word “seven,” and to insert the word “nine,” in the 2d section of the 4th article.
It was moved by Mr. Hamilton, and seconded, to strike out the words “shall have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years before his election,” and to insert, between the words “an” and “inhabitant,” the words “citizen and,” in the 2d section of the 4th article; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7.
On the question to agree to the amendment of “nine,” it passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Georgia, 3. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, 8.
On the question to agree to the amendment of “four,” it passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, 3. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8.
It was moved by Mr. G. Morris, and seconded, to add the following clause to the 2d section of the 4th article, namely:
“Provided always that the above limitation of seven years shall not be construed to affect the rights of those who are now citizens of the United States;”
which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, 5. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, 6.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the word “seven,” and to insert the word “five,” in the 2d section of the 4th article; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, 3. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7. Divided: Pennsylvania, 1.
On the question to agree to the 2d section of the 4th article as formerly amended, it passed in the affirmative.
On the question, Shall the word “nine,” in the 3d section of the 5th article, stand part of the said section?it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8. Nays: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 3.
It was moved and seconded to adjourn. Passed in the negative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, 5. Nays: New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 5. Divided: New Hampshire, 1.
It was moved by Mr. Randolph, and seconded, to amend the 5th section of the 4th article, to read as follows, namely:
“All bills for raising money for the purposes of revenue, or for appropriating the same, shall originate in the House of Representatives, and shall not be so altered or amended by the Senate as to increase or diminish the sum to be raised, or change the mode of raising, or the objects of its appropriation.”
The question was taken on the 1st clause of this amendment, which passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, 4. Nays: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, 7.
On the question to agree to the 5th section of the 4th article, as reported, it passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Carolina, 3. Nays: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 8.
The question was taken on the last clause of the 5th section of the 4th article; which passed in the negative.
Yea: Massachusetts, 1. Nays: New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 10.
And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 oclock, A. M.
