diff --git a/nano/core_test/ledger.cpp b/nano/core_test/ledger.cpp
index f002aaf3..78b38375 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/ledger.cpp
+++ b/nano/core_test/ledger.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ TEST (ledger, representative_genesis)
 	auto transaction = ledger.tx_begin_write ();
 	auto latest = ledger.any.account_head (transaction, nano::dev::genesis_key.pub);
 	ASSERT_FALSE (latest.is_zero ());
-	ASSERT_EQ (nano::dev::genesis->hash (), ledger.representative (transaction, latest));
+	ASSERT_EQ (nano::dev::genesis->hash (), ledger.representative_block (transaction, latest));
 }
 
 TEST (ledger, weight)
diff --git a/nano/node/json_handler.cpp b/nano/node/json_handler.cpp
index 575a8c54..02efe1b7 100644
--- a/nano/node/json_handler.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/json_handler.cpp
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void nano::json_handler::account_info ()
 		{
 			response_l.put ("frontier", info.head.to_string ());
 			response_l.put ("open_block", info.open_block.to_string ());
-			response_l.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
+			response_l.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative_block (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
 			nano::amount balance_l (info.balance);
 			std::string balance = balance_l.to_string_dec ();
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void nano::json_handler::account_info ()
 						confirmed_representative = confirmed_frontier_block->representative_field ().value_or (0);
 						if (confirmed_representative.is_zero ())
 						{
-							confirmed_representative = node.ledger.any.block_get (transaction, node.ledger.representative (transaction, confirmation_height_info.frontier))->representative_field ().value ();
+							confirmed_representative = node.ledger.any.block_get (transaction, node.ledger.representative_block (transaction, confirmation_height_info.frontier))->representative_field ().value ();
 						}
 					}
 
@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@ void nano::json_handler::ledger ()
 					}
 					response_a.put ("frontier", info.head.to_string ());
 					response_a.put ("open_block", info.open_block.to_string ());
-					response_a.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
+					response_a.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative_block (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
 					std::string balance = nano::uint128_union (info.balance).to_string_dec ();
 					response_a.put ("balance", balance);
 					response_a.put ("modified_timestamp", std::to_string (info.modified));
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ void nano::json_handler::ledger ()
 					}
 					response_a.put ("frontier", info.head.to_string ());
 					response_a.put ("open_block", info.open_block.to_string ());
-					response_a.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
+					response_a.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative_block (transaction, info.head).to_string ());
 					std::string balance = (i->first).to_string_dec ();
 					response_a.put ("balance", balance);
 					response_a.put ("modified_timestamp", std::to_string (info.modified));
@@ -4748,7 +4748,7 @@ void nano::json_handler::wallet_ledger ()
 					boost::property_tree::ptree entry;
 					entry.put ("frontier", info->head.to_string ());
 					entry.put ("open_block", info->open_block.to_string ());
-					entry.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative (block_transaction, info->head).to_string ());
+					entry.put ("representative_block", node.ledger.representative_block (block_transaction, info->head).to_string ());
 					std::string balance = nano::uint128_union (info->balance).to_string_dec ();
 					entry.put ("balance", balance);
 					entry.put ("modified_timestamp", std::to_string (info->modified));
diff --git a/nano/secure/ledger.cpp b/nano/secure/ledger.cpp
index e8b63d89..0428cd8c 100644
--- a/nano/secure/ledger.cpp
+++ b/nano/secure/ledger.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public:
 };
 }
 
-nano::block_hash nano::ledger::representative (secure::transaction const & transaction, nano::block_hash const & hash)
+nano::block_hash nano::ledger::representative_block (secure::transaction const & transaction, nano::block_hash const & hash)
 {
 	representative_block_visitor visitor{ transaction, *this };
 	visitor.compute (hash);
diff --git a/nano/secure/ledger.hpp b/nano/secure/ledger.hpp
index c22a3deb..c81ba737 100644
--- a/nano/secure/ledger.hpp
+++ b/nano/secure/ledger.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
 	nano::uint128_t weight_exact (secure::transaction const &, nano::account const &) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<nano::block> forked_block (secure::transaction const &, nano::block const &);
 	nano::root latest_root (secure::transaction const &, nano::account const &);
-	nano::block_hash representative (secure::transaction const &, nano::block_hash const &);
+	nano::block_hash representative_block (secure::transaction const &, nano::block_hash const &);
 	std::string block_text (char const *);
 	std::string block_text (nano::block_hash const &);
 	std::deque<std::shared_ptr<nano::block>> random_blocks (secure::transaction const &, size_t count) const;
diff --git a/nano/secure/ledger_rollback.cpp b/nano/secure/ledger_rollback.cpp
index fff7e00d..2cda17cd 100644
--- a/nano/secure/ledger_rollback.cpp
+++ b/nano/secure/ledger_rollback.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void nano::ledger_rollback::open_block (nano::open_block const & block_a)
 void nano::ledger_rollback::change_block (nano::change_block const & block_a)
 {
 	auto hash (block_a.hash ());
-	auto rep_block_hash (ledger.representative (transaction, block_a.hashables.previous));
+	auto rep_block_hash (ledger.representative_block (transaction, block_a.hashables.previous));
 	auto account = block_a.account ();
 	auto info = ledger.any.account_get (transaction, account);
 	release_assert (info);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void nano::ledger_rollback::state_block (nano::state_block const & block_a)
 	nano::block_hash rep_block_hash (0);
 	if (!block_a.hashables.previous.is_zero ())
 	{
-		rep_block_hash = ledger.representative (transaction, block_a.hashables.previous);
+		rep_block_hash = ledger.representative_block (transaction, block_a.hashables.previous);
 	}
 
 	nano::account previous_representative{};