William Paterson
William Paterson
James Madison thought of it but Edmund Randolph presented it.
A delegate presented it trying to get the best representation of his home state, Virginia, in the new government and that would mean having a house of congress whose representation is decided by population (1 representative per 30,000 citizens of the state)
The New Jersey or ( Paterson ) plan was introduced By William Paterson a delegate from New Jersey as an attempt to equalize the representation of the states ( small states having less representatives than larger ones ) by giving each state one vote in a unicameral congress.
New Jersey Plan
William Paterson, a delegate from New Jersey, proposed the Small States Plan or New Jersey Plan, to provide equal representation to the states regardless of size. The larger states favored the Virginia Plan, which allocated representation on the basis of population. The large and small states compromised by using the Virginia Plan as a model for the House of Representatives and the New Jersey Plan as a model for the US Senate.
The delegates include; Randolph who had presented the Virginia Plan, Rutledge and Wilson who had been the key in crafting the compromise on representation, Ellsworth who had led small states during the battle over per-state voting in the Senate, and Gorham who had chaired the Committee, where he called for compromise during the bitter debate over representation.
The delegates include; Randolph who had presented the Virginia Plan, Rutledge and Wilson who had been the key in crafting the compromise on representation, Ellsworth who had led small states during the battle over per-state voting in the Senate, and Gorham who had chaired the Committee, where he called for compromise during the bitter debate over representation.
The New Jersey Plan, also known as the Small State Plan.
Connecticut, New York, Delaware, a delegate from Maryland, and of course New Jersey. William Patterson presented the New Jersey plan, which was simply a variation of the one state/one vote plan used in the legislature under the Articles of Confederation.
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