Connecticut Compromise

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.