Under the Connecticut Compromise, how many senators would each U.S. state receive?

Under the Connecticut Compromise, each U.S. state would receive two senators, regardless of population.

The agreement was reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when large and small states disagreed over legislative representation. Large states favored representation based on population, while small states feared that this arrangement would allow their larger neighbors to dominate the national government.

The compromise created a bicameral Congress. Representation in the House of Representatives would be based broadly on population, while every state would have equal representation in the Senate. Roger Sherman of Connecticut was a leading advocate of the arrangement, which is why it is also called the Great Compromise or Sherman Compromise.

This structure remains a defining feature of the U.S. Constitution. The Senate’s equal state representation is specially protected by Article V: no state can be deprived of equal suffrage in the Senate without its consent.