Williamson, Hugh, N. C., attends convention, i., [2];
objects to election of executive by districts, [57];
Pierce's sketch of, [57], n.;
moves impeachability of executive, [65];
favors limiting Senate to twenty-five members, [95];
opposes indefinite power of negative on state laws, [103];
favors proportional representation, [114];
favors states paying representatives, [210];
moves that number in Senate be fixed, [235];
favors six years' term for Senators, [236];
thinks rights of small states not menaced, [253];
favors committee on representation in Senate, [291];
opposes compromise proposed, [361];
thinks Senate better able to consider money bills than House, [309];
thinks proposed representation unfair to southern states, [324];
favors reducing representation of northern states, [324];
amends motion fixing periodical census, [330];
thinks New Hampshire representation too large, [348];
opposes election of executive by people, [378];
opposes eligibility of executive to re-election, ii., [8], [41];
opposes election of executive by electors, [8];
favors six years' term for executive, [9];
moves number of electors be based on Representatives, [10];
moves electors be paid out of national treasury, [17];
suggests national officers take oath to support state governments, [30];
favors ratification of constitution by conventions, [35];
favors voting per capita in Senate, [38];
dislikes single executive, [41];
suggests voting for three persons for executive, [54];
favors forbidding national capital at state capital, [66];
seconds motion to limit negative of each branch of legislature on the other, [91];
moves representation in House based on taxation, [110];
favors reconsidering question of money bills, [116];
thinks provision for filling vacancies in Senate necessary, [117];
insists upon guarding qualifications of Senators, [125], [131];
thinks provision on money bills should be retained, [141];
moves nine years' citizenship for Representatives, [144];
opposes eligibility of members of legislature to other offices, [163];
moves postponement of question of money bills, [171];
moves to make three-quarters of legislature necessary to overcome executive negative, [176];
thinks exports should not be taxed, [179];
thinks state lands ought to be given up, [193];
appointed on grand committee, [193];
favors restrictions on army, [195];
moves quotas of states be determined, [211];
opposes apportionment of taxation by representation, [212];
thinks states should not have power to tax exports, [213];
thinks slave trade should be left to states, [223];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, [228];
thinks discussion of negative of state laws unnecessary, [237];
doubts if judiciary can impartially decide controversies between states, [241];
opposes slavery, but wishes union, [251];
on committee of August 25, [254];
moves to postpone question of executive succession, [256];
seconds motion to make it impossible for states to levy imposts, [265];
moves clause of articles of confederation as to state acts, [267];
favors commercial regulations by two-thirds vote, [270];
thinks question of new states should be left to legislature, [275], [278];
on committee of August 31, [292];
thinks ineligibility of members of legislature should extend to offices created during their term, [295], [296];
objects to President's dependence on Senate in appointments, [302];
moves to reconsider representation, [307];
objects to Senate electing President, [308], [310], [315];
moves election of President by one-third of all electors, [310];
moves electors voting be the only ones counted, [311];
favors separate provision for re-electing President, [313];
moves seven years' term for President, [316];
moves six years' term for President, [316];
thinks electors should meet at seat of government, [317];
suggests eventual election of President by whole legislature, voting by states, [318];
thinks Vice-President unnecessary, [326];
thinks treaties of peace important, [330], [332];
thinks treaties may be made without majority of people, [333];
opposes requirement that treaties be ratified by majority of whole Senate, [334];
proposes that notice of treaties to Senators be required, [335];
thinks Senate will lean towards President, [336];
moves increase in representation in House of Representatives, [338];
moves that old Congress sanction constitution, [346];
favors two-thirds vote to override President's negative, [361];
fears too many laws, [362];
moves provision for juries in civil suits, [363];
moves increase of representation, [369];
seconds motion against direct tax, [375];
suggests signing letter only, [393].
Wilson, James, Pa., attends convention, i., [1];
nominates William Temple Franklin for secretary of convention, [3];
Pierce's sketch of, [3], n.;
favors election of Representatives by the people, [41], [205];
favors election of Senators by the people, [44], [95];
favors a single executive, [49], [50], [67];
favors election of executive by the people, [53], [55], ii., [6], [47];
favors three years' term for executive, i., [54];
moves election of executive by district electors, [56];
opposes an executive council, [68];
favors negative by executive on legislature, [69], [71];
favors creation of inferior judiciary, [73], [82];
favors inclusion of judiciary in power of negative, [75];
opposes appointment of judges by legislature, [77];
favors ratification by plurality of States, [81];
favors election of Representatives by the people, [84];
favors preservation of state governments for local purposes, [90];
favors inclusion of judiciary in revisionary power, [91], ii., [17], [25];
favors election to Senate by districts, i., [98];
favors absolute negative in legislature, [104];
favors proportional representation, [113], [115], [257];
favors representation by free inhabitants, [119];
thinks voting in Senate should be on same plan as in House, [121];
opposes Jersey plan, [146];
opposes Hamilton plan, [185];
insists that states are dependent on each other, [188];
favors two branches of legislature, [198];
thinks state governments may encroach on national government, [201];
favors one-year term for Representatives, [207];
favors national compensation of Representatives, [211];
moves that compensation be fixed by legislature, [212];
opposes age limit for Representatives, [214];
opposes ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [214], [220];
opposes elections to Senate by state legislatures, [233];
favors six years' term for Senators, [237];
favors nine years' term for Senators, [243];
opposes eligibility of Senators to state offices, [247];
opposes sending for New Hampshire delegates, [272];
opposes representation by states in Senate, [273];
admits question of number of Senators is embarrassing, [280];
opposes committee on representation in Senate, [291];
moves question of voting in Senate, [308];
opposes originating money bills in House, [309], [312];
opposes yielding equal vote in Senate to small states, [314];
thinks representation of western states should be based on property, [320];
thinks wealth an impracticable rule of representation, [334];
opposes inclusion of three-fifths of blacks as basis of representation, [339];
favors guaranty of republican government to the states, [342];
moves that representation be according to direct taxation, [344];
favors representation based on free inhabitants and three-fifths of slaves, [344];
favors adjusting taxation to representation, [349];
thinks equal vote in Senate favored by minority, [355];
insists that numbers are correct basis for representation, [355];
thinks small states would abandon plea of equality in taxes and troops, [356];
thinks originating money bills in House of little consequence, [356];
insists on proportional representation in Senate, [362];
favors non-interference of national government with state police, [371];
opposes election of executive by the people, [375];
opposes election of executive by legislature, [377];
favors appointment of judges by executive, [384];
favors continuance of old Congress till new government starts, [390];
favors guaranty to states of republican government and against violence, [392];
favors impeachability of executive, ii., [11];
thinks departments should act separately, [24];
thinks oath of allegiance unnecessary, [30];
opposes election of executive by legislature, [43];
suggests election of executive by members of national legislature selected by lot, [44], [47];
on committee to report constitution according to resolutions, [48];
favors specifying general principles for executive, [56];
opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having unsettled accounts, [64];
thinks time of meeting of legislature should be fixed, [93];
favors winter as time for meeting of legislature, [95];
thinks suffrage in the States should not be prescribed by legislature, [96];
favors requiring Representatives to be inhabitants, [108];
opposes requirement of seven years' inhabitancy for Representatives, [108], [109];
thinks question of representation by free inhabitants premature, [114];
opposed to originating money bills in House, [115];
reviews question of citizenship of Representatives, [116];
objects to vacancies in Senate being filled by state executives, [116];
thinks provision as to money bills of no value to large states, [118], [120];
opposes fourteen years' residence as necessary for Senators, [123];
moves to reconsider requirement of seven years for Representatives, [132];
thinks number for quorum should not be small, [134];
thinks publication of legislative journal necessary, [138];
moves four years' citizenship for Representatives, [142];
insists Representatives need not be natives, [145];
thinks new government bound by Pennsylvania's promises to foreigners, [148];
moves seven years' citizenship for Senators, [149];
thinks people will disapprove members of legislature holding other offices, [164];
thinks good men will refuse legislature if debarred from other offices, [165];
seconds motion to have acts revised by executive and judiciary, [172];
thinks legislature will swallow up powers of government, [175];
favors making three-fourths of legislature necessary to overcome executive negative, [176];
explains difference between "duties" and "imposts," [177];
thinks exports may be taxed, [179];
opposed to power to emit bills of credit, [182];
thinks it unnecessary to define felonies, etc., [185];
thinks law of felonies, etc., ought to be declared, [185];
moves that treason be against United States, [205];
thinks treason may be against a state, [206];
thinks proof of treason may be difficult, [207];
favors power to tax exports, [215];
seconds motion to tax exports by two-thirds of legislature, [217];
thinks slaves should be taxed, [222];
favors commitment of question of navigation acts, [225];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, [228];
thinks Senate should not make appointments, [235];
thinks negative of state laws unnecessary, [237];
objects to Senate's power to make treaties, [239];
thinks judiciary may decide controversies between states, [242];
seconds motion for election of executive by the people, [243];
thinks larger states should have larger share in election of executive, [295];
thinks Senate should not have separate voice in election of executive, [246];
thinks state legislatures will order federal offices filled by state appointment if permitted, [247];
thinks pardon before conviction may be necessary, [255];
opposes removability of judges on application of legislature, [257];
explains appellate power of judiciary, [260];
doubts if suspension of right of habeas corpus is ever necessary, [262];
moves legislature be prohibited from paying debts in anything but coin, [262];
thinks states should not interfere with contracts, [263];
objects to treating fugitive slaves as criminals, [267];
favors interstate validity of state acts, [267];
on committee to consider subject, [268];
favors commercial regulations by majority vote, [271];
thinks majority may regulate formation of new states, [277];
thinks new states may be formed without consent of old, [278];
opposes motion to guarantee public lands, [281];
proposes ratification by seven states, [284];
prefers ratification by eight states to nine, [285];
thinks constitution binding only on ratifying states, [285];
moves that ratification be by majority of people and states, [287];
thinks state power over other states' acts not unusual, [293];
opposes ineligibility of members
of legislature to other offices, [296];
approves plan of electing executive, [302];
thinks it unnecessary to give each House power over privileges of its members, [304];
moves eventual election of President by whole legislature, [309];
thinks eventual election of President by Senate dangerous, [313];
moves to include House of Representatives in treaty-making power, [327];
objects to Senate's participation in appointments, [328];
objects to participation of two-thirds Senate on treaties, [329], [334];
favors executive council, [332];
favors ratification of treaties with majority of Senate, [333];
thinks less than two-thirds Senate may ratify treaties of peace, [333];
opposed to President convening either house of legislature, [338];
moves amendments be with consent of two-thirds of states, [341];
substitutes three-fourths, [341];
opposes reconsideration of ratification clause, [343];
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, [345];
moves to strike out "direct taxes," [367];
thinks legislature should not define offences against law of nations, [372];
seconds motion in favor of canals, [372], [373];
favors national university, [374];
thinks accounts should be published from time to time, [376];
thinks executive may pardon for treason, [382];
favors depositing convention journal with president, [397].
Wythe, George, Va., attends convention, i., [2];
appointed on committee on rules, [4];
submits report of committee on rules, [5];
Pierce's sketch of, [5], n.;
offers additional rules, [12].
Y
Yates, Robert, N. Y., attends convention, i., [1];
Pierce's sketch of, [1], n.;
on committee on compromise on representation, [292];
leaves convention, [298], n.
Yeas and nays.
See [Legislature, national].
Transcriber Notes:
This document was filled with errors and inconsistencies in spelling, punctuations, and hyphenation. For example, usually the word re-eligible is hyphenated, but sometimes it is not; sometimes; reinstated is hyphenated but sometimes it is not; and usually the comma is used as a thousand mark, but sometimes a period is used for that purpose. Sometimes vice President was used and sometimes vice-President was used. Also, the abbreviations were not uniform (e.g., MaS. v. Mass.), which were only corrected when it is was clear which abbreviation was considered correct at the time printed. Another example is the abbreviation for Resolution, which was sometimes Resol:n, sometimes Resoln, and sometimes Resol.n. Sometimes "nem: con." was used, and sometimes "nem. con." was used. The only time errors were corrected was when it was very clear that an error was made, and it was clear how the error should be corrected, and those corrections are listed below.
Throughout the document there are instances where a comma is used where one expects a period, a period is used where one expects a comma, a colon is used where one expects a comma or period, neither is used when one is expected. This instances are left as-is, except for two exceptions: where a period is missing at the end of a sentence or missing at the end of an abbreviation, both of which happened so often that those corrections were made but were not listed below.