Editing Connecticut Compromise (section)

{{Short description|Agreement which established the structure of the United States federal legislature}}
{{about|the agreement sometimes referred to as the Great Compromise|the song by [[John Prine]]|The Great Compromise (song)}}
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[[File:Roger Sherman 1721-1793 by Ralph Earl.jpeg|thumb|A portrait of [[Roger Sherman]], who authored the agreement]]

The '''Connecticut Compromise''', also known as the '''Great Compromise of 1787''' or '''Sherman Compromise''', was an agreement reached during the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the [[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]]. It retained the [[Bicameralism|bicameral legislature]] as proposed by [[Roger Sherman]], along with proportional representation of the states in the [[lower house]] or [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], and it required the [[upper house]] or [[United States Senate|Senate]] to be weighted equally among the states; each state would have two members in the Senate.