Connecticut Compromise

The deadlock was finally broken by the so-called Connecticut Compromise, adopted July 7: equal representation was to be preserved in the upper house, and proportional representation was to be granted in the lower.

Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Albert Bushnell Hart 1898

Constitutional Convention, Mr. Sherman first moved this plan, known as the Connecticut Compromise, and made the first argument in its support, to which his colleague, Oliver Ellsworth, afterward gave the weight of his powerful influence.

Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865

In the end, they settled on the Great Compromise (sometimes called the Connecticut Compromise), in which the House of Representatives would represent the people as apportioned by population; the Senate would represent the states apportioned equally; and the President would be elected by the Electoral College.

White House.gov Agenda Articles Feed 2009

In the end, they settled on the Great Compromise (sometimes called the Connecticut Compromise), in which the House of Representatives would represent the people as apportioned by population; the Senate would represent the states apportioned equally; and the President would be elected by the Electoral College.

White House.gov Agenda Articles Feed 2009

In the end, they settled on the Great Compromise (sometimes called the Connecticut Compromise), in which the House of Representatives would represent the people as apportioned by population; the Senate would represent the states apportioned equally; and the President would be elected by the Electoral College.

White House.gov Agenda Articles Feed 2009

One of the key components in the Connecticut Compromise is the Origination Clause of the Constitution (Article I, § 7 which was taken from the English system and early state constitutions.

California Progress Report christine 2010

Great Compromise (also called the Connecticut Compromise

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

The delegates finally settled on the Connecticut Compromise, or the Great Compromise.

What is the point on the Senate? 2010

The College enabled the Founding Fathers to deftly incorporate the Connecticut Compromise and three-fifths compromise into the system of choosing the President and Vice President, sparing the convention further acrimony over the issue of state representation.

Mike Garibaldi-Frick: Elect the U.S. President with the Popular Vote 2008

Second, because of the Connecticut Compromise of 1787, twenty small states which together equal the size of California alone can stop the Senate dead in its tracks; for this and other reasons, including the electoral college and gerrymandering, a minority of voters can control the Senate, House and Presidency, as we've seen.

Mark Green: The Bush-Gringrich Revolution is Dead (1994-2006) 2008