On February 21, 1787, the Continental Congress resolved that:
...it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention
of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at
Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of
Confederation...
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The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70
individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept
or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee,
Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock.
In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only
39 actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan
Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had
to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair. You can also read a general
biographical overview of the delegates.
Assembly Room in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, site of the signing
of the Constitution in 1787. Photo courtesy of Independence National
Historical Park.
Biographical Index of Our Founding Fathers
( * indicates delegates who did not sign the
Constitution)
Connecticut
William. Samuel Johnson
Roger Sherman
Oliver Ellsworth (Elsworth)*
Delaware
George Read
Gunning Bedford, Jr.
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jacob Broom
Georgia
William Few
Abraham Baldwin
William Houston
William L. Pierce*
Maryland
James McHenry
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
Daniel Carroll
Luther Martin*
John F. Mercer*
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham
Rufus King
Elbridge Gerry*
Caleb Strong*
New Hampshire
John Langdon
Nicholas Gilman
New Jersey
William Livingston
David Brearly (Brearley)
William Paterson (Patterson)
Jonathan Dayton
William C. Houston*
New York
Alexander Hamilton
John Lansing, Jr.*
Robert Yates*
North Carolina
William. Blount
Richard. Dobbs Spaight
Hugh Williamson
William R. Davie*
Alexander Martin*
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Mifflin
Robert Morris
George Clymer
Thomas Fitzsimons (FitzSimons; Fitzsimmons)
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouverneur Morris
South Carolina
John Rutledge
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Pierce Butler
Rhode Island
Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
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