He was very passionate when it came to the issue of state representation. He believed that each state should get one vote in congress instead of having the votes proportional to the state’s population. He didn’t want the vote to be based on population because Brearley believed that his state with such a small population would seem trivial compared to the other states and that they would swallow the small state of New Jersey up when it came to voting. Determining matters such as the term length and powers of the president were the responsibility of the committee of Postponed matters (the Brearley committee). David Brearley was the chairman of this committee. Nicholas Gilman, Rufus King, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, John Dickinson, Charles Carol, James Madison, Hugh Williamson, Pierce Butler, and Abraham Baldwin were also part of the committee. They proposed the idea of the Electoral College. This is considered the committee’s most important