Delegate Tench Coxe, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, using the pseudonym “An American Citizen” writes a pro-federalist essay, emphasizing the important of keeping the ratio of Representatives to constituents low to limit corruption. In paragraphs one and two he writes,
In pursuing the consideration of the new Federal Constitution, it remains now to examine the nature and powers of the House of Representatives—the immediate delegates of the people.
Each member of this truly popular assembly will be chosen by about six thousand electors, by the poor as well as the rich. No decayed and venal borough will have an unjust share in their determinations. … When the increasing population of the country shall render the body too large at the rate of one member for every thirty thousand persons, they will be returned at the greater rate of one for every forty or fifty thousand, which will render the electors still more incorruptible. …
[added 7/18/2026]
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:
Michael Maharrey, with Michael Boldin, The Other Federalist Papers: Tench Coxe, (Irvine, California: By the author, 16755 Von Karman #200 PMB705, 2024), 109-12.
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