The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen
every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors
in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the
most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
1. | Delaware Charter of 1701 |
2. | Address of General Assembly of New York to Lt. Governor George Clarke, 7 Sept. 1737 |
3. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:165--66, 1765 |
4. | Virginia Declaration of Rights, sec. 6, 12 June 1776 |
5. | North Carolina Constitution of 1776, ARTS. 7--9 |
6. | Georgia Constitution of 1777, ART. 9 |
7. | New York Constitution of 1777, ART. 7 |
8. | Vermont Constitution of 1786, CH. 2, ART. 18 |
9. | Records of the Federal Convention |
10. | Cato, no. 5, Fall 1787 |
11. | "John DeWitt," NO. 3, Fall 1787 |
12. | James Wilson, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 4 Dec. 1787 |
13. | Debate in Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 14--15 Jan. 1788 |
14. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 52, 354--59, 8 Feb. 1788 |
15. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 53, 359--66, 9 Feb. 1788 |
16. | A Native of Virginia, Observations upon the Proposed Plan of Federal Government, 1788 |
17. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 8 Oct. 1788 |
18. | James Wilson, The Legislative Department, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
19. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 208--15, 1803 |
20. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2:§§ 572--80, 1833 |
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