At the Constitutional Convention, a proposal by Delegate Gouverneur Morris, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that only freeholders be allowed to cast ballots in elections for the House of Representatives is defeated (7-1).
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1056-57.
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