All three of this state's delegates to the Constitutional Convention became members of Congress who contributed to the Judiciary Act of 1789.
All three of this state's delegates to the Constitutional Convention became members of Congress who contributed to the Judiciary Act of 1789. One of this state's delegates, who chaired the five-member Committee of Style, was Wil- liam Samuel Johnson. Another one, who eventually became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when John Rutledge's nomination was rejected, was Oliver Ellsworth. This delegation proposed a bicameral legislature, with one house giv- ing states an equal number of representatives and the other making representation proportional to population, a plan that became known as the Great Compromise. Name this state whose delegation also included Roger Sherman, who had been the first mayor of New Haven.
All three of this state's delegates to the Constitutional Convention became members of Congress who contributed to the Judiciary Act of 1789.
{Connecticut}