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Edmund Randolph proposed it, but James Madison wrote most of it.
James Madison drafted the Virginia plan of representation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Virginia governor Edmund Randolph is the person who officially placed the proposal to the convention.
Edmund randolph
I guess that depends on what you mean by proposed. The plan was drafted by delegate James Madison, as part of a committee, but he was likely the main impetus. However, delegate Edmund Randolph that officially put it before the convention. It was presented on May 29, 1787.
Edmund Randolph and James Madison were primarily responsible for Virginia Plan. James Madison served as the 4th President of the United States.
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What plan at the Philadelphia Convention favored the large states because it wanted representation based on population?
Virginia plan
Which came first preamble or the Virginia plan?
Virginia plan
Which of these is a plan that offered the Constitutional Convention a proposal for representation?
The New Jersey Plan
What is a example of great compromise?
The new Jersey plan and the Virginia plan
What document proposed that both houses of congress would be based on population?
The Virginia Plan proposed that both houses of Congress would be based on population.
Who authored the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
William Patterson introduced the resolution. It is not clear if he wrote it on his own.
Man who wrote the VA plan?
I am pretty sure that James Madison, The 4th president, wrote the Virginia plan.
Who wrote most of Virgina plan?
It was proposed by the Virginia delegates but was mainly written by James Madison.
What plan did we go with the Virginia or New Jersey?
james madison for the virginia plan and william patterson for the new jersey plan
Which man came to the Constitutional Convention with the Virginia Plan and later wrote the bulk of the Constitution itself?
James Madison
This document proposed that Congress could force a state to obey a national law?
Virginia Plan
What was James Madison's new government plan better known as?
The Virginia Plan, James Madison wrote it and Edmund Randolph proposed it. The Virginia Plan was the system of Checks and Balances that prevented any one section of government from gaining too much power.
Which of these plans proposed that both the judicial and executive beaches could veto laws?
Virginia Plan
What plan at the Philadelphia Convention favored the large states because it wanted representation based on population?
Virginia plan
What plan called for a bicameral legislature?
Virginia plan
Whom did the Virginia Plan favor and why?
The Virginia plan favored the people of Virginia.
What plan was vague to the structure of the executive but specified the national executive consist of a single person?
Virginia plan
