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United States Congress (view source)
Revision as of 02:18, November 3, 2010
, 02:18, November 3, 2010Added to "prominent members" (and renamed the section) and added presidents
The basis of these two components come from [[James Madison]]'s [[Virginia Plan]] and [[William Patterson]]'s [[New Jersey Plan]]. During the [[Philadelphia Convention]] in 1787, Madison's [[Virginia]] Plan called for two houses both of which would be represent each state based on its population. Smaller states took issue with this, as the provision was highly favorable to Virginia. Thus, William Patterson proposed the [[New Jersey]] Plan - which called for one house that represented each stated with a single vote. Eventually the [[Connecticut]] delegates proposed the [[Connecticut Compromise]] - which called for two houses, the upper of which would represent each state equally, and the lower of which would represent each state according to population.<ref>Boyer, 187</ref>
The basis of these two components come from [[James Madison]]'s [[Virginia Plan]] and [[William Patterson]]'s [[New Jersey Plan]]. During the [[Philadelphia Convention]] in 1787, Madison's [[Virginia]] Plan called for two houses both of which would be represent each state based on its population. Smaller states took issue with this, as the provision was highly favorable to Virginia. Thus, William Patterson proposed the [[New Jersey]] Plan - which called for one house that represented each stated with a single vote. Eventually the [[Connecticut]] delegates proposed the [[Connecticut Compromise]] - which called for two houses, the upper of which would represent each state equally, and the lower of which would represent each state according to population.<ref>Boyer, 187</ref>
== Congressmen in the White House==
Thirty-three members of Congress have gone on to become President of the United States and the vast majority of them were Republican members.<ref>http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/mem_bio/mem_pres.html</ref> Among those who ascended to the White House are:
*[[George H.W. Bush]]
*[[Abraham Lincoln]]
*[[Andrew Jackson]]
*[[Gerald Ford]]
*[[John Quincy Adams]]
== Benefits ==
== Benefits ==
==Prominent Congressman==
==Notable Members==
*[[Larry McDonald]], a passenger on [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] shot down by the Soviets on Sept. 1, 1983, the only congressman reported killed by the Soviets during the [[Cold War]]
*[[Larry McDonald]], a passenger on [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] shot down by the Soviets on Sept. 1, 1983, the only congressman reported killed by the Soviets during the [[Cold War]]
*Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first black members of Congress in 1870.<ref>http://baic.house.gov/</ref>
*Republican Florence Prag Kahn was the first Jewish woman and first widow elected to Congress<ref>http://florencekahn.clerk.house.gov/</ref>
*[[William Jennings Bryan]], four-time presidential candidate, best known as the prosecutor in the 1920 [[Scopes Monkey Trial]]
==Quotations==
==Quotations==