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... Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

This week, episode 348, Creating Congress, 1787.

Last week, we covered the most controversial issue of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. That was whether states should be represented in Congress by

population or equal representation in each state. The convention, of course, ended up splitting the

difference, giving population by representation to convention, of course, ended up splitting the difference, giving population

by representation to the House of Representatives, and equal representation by state to the Senate.

To reach that final agreement, however, the delegates had to agree to having two houses in the

first place. While this issue was not nearly as heated as the controversial

proportionality question, it did go through some back and forth. Now, the initial Virginia

plan that was written by James Madison had recommended two houses of Congress, what we call

a bicameral legislature. Madison considered this to be an important check on a potentially runaway majority.

Although the Confederation had operated with a single house, Madison saw that as a problem.

Eleven of the thirteen states had bicameral legislatures, only Pennsylvania and Georgia had

a single house.

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