praying an amendment to the constitution of the United States, making the basis of representation uniform throughout th…

Date:

Dec. 12, 1844

Type:

Congressional Petition

State of Origin:

Ohio (OH)

Congress:

28th Congress (1843-1845)

Summary:

praying an amendment to the constitution of the United States, making the basis of representation uniform throughout the country; that representation be apportioned to the free inhabitants; but if that is impracticable, that the animal property of the free States be represented, as well as the slave property of the slave-holding States

Text:

Chamber:

House

Sponsor or Proponent:

citizens of Ashtabula county, in the State of Ohio

Committee of referral:

Tabled

Topics:

apportn - Apportionment of seats in legislature

Record Source:

Blackhawk, M., Carpenter, D., Resch, T. and Schneer, B. (2021), Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789–1949. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 46: 817-849. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12305

Cite As:

The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number p_h40-p10_00018, accessed 2024-05-17]. Record Source: [Blackhawk, M., Carpenter, D., Resch, T. and Schneer, B. (2021), Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789–1949. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 46: 817-849. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12305]