Roger Sherman addressed the nettlesome issues of representation and slavery by offering what came to be known as the Connecticut Compromise (or Great Compromise). It provided:
The upper house (Senate) would have equal representation and be elected by the lower house
The lower house (House of Representatives) would be subject to proportional representation
The 2871:Three-Fifths Compromise]: For purposes of determining the number of representatives in the House, every five slaves would be counted as three. (This did not confer the vote on slaves; it was simply a formula for determining representation in the House of Representatives.) Final wording in the Constitution referred to “all other persons” and the words slave and slavery do not appear; this same population computation would also be used for determining taxation.
All proposed legislation having to do with raising money would originate in the House of Representatives.
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Untitled As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he helped to shape the "Connecticut Compromise" that asured each state equal representation in the Senate and population-based representation in the House of Representatives. After ratification of ... http://www.senate.gov/vtour/ellsw.htm
Ellsworth, Oliver At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he helped create the "Connecticut Compromise," better known as the "Great Compromise," which resulted in a bicameral legislature to balance the representation of small and large states. When the first ... http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/nn/Ellsworth.html
