1787–1789
CC Day 26: Further Details on the House of Representatives, cont’d
On June 23rd, delegates agreed to remove the restriction preventing House members from holding other federal offices.
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On June 23rd, delegates agreed to remove the restriction preventing House members from holding other federal offices.
On June 25th, delegates narrowly agreed to change from “National Legislature” to “United States Legislature.”
On June 26th, the Convention continued debating the revised Virginia Plan, focusing on details of the upper house.
On June 27th, John Rutledge of South Carolina (1739–1800) proposed postponing discussion of the sixth resolution of the revised Virginia Plan so that delegates could first consider the seventh and eighth resolutions, which he viewed as more fundamental because they addressed suffrage in each legislative house.
On June 28th, Luther Martin of Maryland (1748–1826) continued to argue that smaller states needed protection, warning that large states could dominate them through voting power.
On June 29th, Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut (1745–1807) introduced a compromise proposing proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of states in the upper house.
On June 30th, delegates continued debate on the revised Virginia Plan and the Connecticut Compromise.
On July 2nd, delegates voted on the Connecticut Compromise, originally proposed on June 29.
On July 5th, the Gerry Committee returned with a three-part compromise: proportional representation in the lower house . . .
On July 6th, delegates debated the Gerry Committee Report and approved the provision that money bills must originate in the first branch and cannot be amended by the second.