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===Constitutional Convention===
 
===Constitutional Convention===
Johnson represented [[Connecticut]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]] of 1787.  He played a major role there, arguing powerfully and eloquently for a strong federal government and for equal representation for all states.  Towards this end, he was a strong supporter of the [[New Jersey Plan]], and later the [[Connecticut Compromise]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Miracle_At_Philadelphia/cPeRBAlQWS4C Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention], Catherine Drinker Bowen</ref>
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Johnson represented [[Connecticut]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]] of 1787.  He played a major role there, arguing powerfully and eloquently for a strong federal government and for equal representation for all states.  Towards this end, he was a strong supporter of the [[New Jersey Plan]], and later the [[Connecticut Compromise]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Miracle_At_Philadelphia/cPeRBAlQWS4C Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention], Catherine Drinker Bowen</ref> This Great Compromise established a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives derived from the population, and the Senate equally representing the states.
    
Other members of the Connecticut delegation to the Convention were [[Oliver Ellsworth]] and [[Roger Sherman]].
 
Other members of the Connecticut delegation to the Convention were [[Oliver Ellsworth]] and [[Roger Sherman]].
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