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John Rutledge
(September 17, 1739 - July 23, 1800)
First Governor of South Carolina
Head of the Committee of Detail
Second Chief Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court
Nicknamed "Dictator John"
"By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass, current for the merchandise of heaven."
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph
(August 10, 1753 - September 12, 1813)
First United States Attorney General
Second Secretary of State
"The general object was to produce a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origins, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy."
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth
(April 29, 1745 - November 26, 1807)
Senator of Connecticut
Third Chief Justice of the United States
"The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all."
James Wilson
James Wilson
(September 14,1742 - August 21, 1798)
One of Six Original Justices Appointed by George
Washington to the U.S. Supreme Court
"Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind."
Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham
(May 27, 1738 - June 11, 1796)
14th President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation
Helped draft the Massachusetts Constitution
"Any person chosen governor, or lieutenant-governor, counsellor, senator, or representative, and accepting the trust, shall before he proceed to execute the duties of his place or office, take, make and subscribe the following declaration, viz. 'I, , do declare, that I believe the Christian religion, and have a firm persuasion of its truth.' "
George Washington and the First Draft of the Constitution
George Washington's Annotated First Draft of the United States (US) Constitution
George Washington's Annotated First Draft of the United States (US) Constitution
The United States Constitution was drafted by the Committee of Detail, who used bits and pieces from original Virginia Plan, the decisions of the Constitutional Convention on modifications to that plan, along with other sources including the Articles of Confederation, to produce the first full draft.
From August 6 to September 10, the report of the Committee of Detail was discussed, section-bysection, and clause-by-clause.
The most famous copies of this early draft are the ones annotated by President George Washington. This draft of the Constitution displays Washington's handwritten notes in pencil, recording the Convention's handling of each proposed clause.
Official Report of the United States (US) Constitution by the Committee of Style
Official Report of the United States (US) Constitution by the Committee of Style
Once this phase of the Convention had ended, on September 10, a Committee of Style was appointed to "polish up the document." William Samuel Johnson headed up the Committee. Other notable figures involved were Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, an
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