Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787. Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality
of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry]. What did Roger Sherman contribute to the drafting of the Constitution? the Three-Fifths Compromise the Virginia Plan the Great Compromise the New Jersey Plan
