[EL] Congressional apportionment under the three-fifths clause

[sean at impactpolicymanagement.com]

Does anybody know of any solid research or analysis that shows how many
congressional seats were awarded to states in the 1791 - 1861
reapportionments as a result of the three-fifths clause (meaning, if slaves
had not been counted at all for Congressional representation, how many House
members would they have had?). I did some very rough estimates for the 1791
apportionment and it looked like a total of 12 seats were given (5 to
Virginia,  2 to Maryland, 2 to North Carolina, 2 to South Carolina, 1 to
Georgia) based on the three-fifths clause, but I didn't know if anyone else
had done similar calculations.

 

Sean Parnell 

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