Committee of the States
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The Committee of the States was an arm of the United States
government, under the Articles of Confederation
. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation
was in recess.
The Committee was set up in 1784 on the proposal of Thomas Jefferson
, then a congressman from Virginia. The Committee "quarrelled very soon, split into two parties, [and] abandoned their post."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
government, under the Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution...
. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation
Congress of the Confederation
The Congress of the Confederation or the United States in Congress Assembled was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1, 1781, to March 4, 1789. It comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures of the states. It was the immediate successor to the Second...
was in recess.
The Committee was set up in 1784 on the proposal of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
, then a congressman from Virginia. The Committee "quarrelled very soon, split into two parties, [and] abandoned their post."