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"The Great Compromise" was the reason for the formation of the Senate (which pleased the smaller states.) Each state has two Senators.
The United States Senate has equal membership from each state. The Senate is comprised of two Senators from each of the fifty states.
Each state has its own unique place in Senate history. Reminders that we are a union of states surround us as we walk the halls of the Senate office buildings and the Capitol, where state flags, seals, and cherished objects of art from the individual states are proudly displayed. As senators perform their constitutionally appointed duties, they bring to the Senate a part of their state's culture and contribute to their state's history.
The Senate would be favored more, because in the senate, regardless of population, any state has two senators. In the House of Representatives, smaller states would have less representation, as it was based upon population.
There are 100 members of the US Senate - two from each state (50 states).