Keeping the Republic. Christine Barbour

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      A visual representation of the founding fathers and which colonies they represented. Also included is their age and highest level of education at the time the Constitution was signed.

      Representing Connecticut:

      William Johnson, age 60, Yale and Harvard

      Roger Sherman, age 64, common school

      Representing Delaware:

      Richard Bassett, age 42, read law

      Gunning Bedford Jr., age 40, Princeton

      Jacob Broom, age 35, home school

      John Dickinson, age 29, read law

      George Read, age 54, read law

      Representing Georgia:

      Abraham Baldwin, age 33, Yale

      William Few, age 39, minimal

      Representing Maryland:

      Daniel Carroll, age 57, St. Omer

      Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, age 64, unknown

      James McHenry, age 34, Newark Academy

      Representing Massachusetts:

      Nathaniel Gorham, age 49, minimal

      Rufus King, age 32, Harvard

      Representing New Hampshire:

      Nicholas Gilman, age 32, grammar

      John Langdon, age 46, grammar

      Representing New Jersey:

      David Brearly, age 42, Princeton (did not graduate)

      Jonathan Dayton, age 27, Princeton

      William Livingston, age 64, Yale

      William Patterson, age 42, Princeton

      Representing New York:

      Alexander Hamilton, age 30, King’s College (Columbia)

      Representing North Carolina:

      William Blount, age 38, primary school

      Richard Dobbs Spaight, age 29, Glasgow University

      Hugh Williamson, Age 52, UPenn

      Representing Pennsylvania:

      Thomas FitzSimmons, age 46, informal

      Benjamin Franklin, age 61, minimal formal

      Jared Ingersoll, age 38, Yale

      Thomas Mifflin, age 43, UPenn

      Gouverneur Morris, age 35, King’s College (Columbia)

      Robert Morris, age 43, minimal

      James Wilson, age 47, Glasgow University

      Representing South Carolina:

      Pierce Butler, age 43, unknown

      Charles Pinckney, age 30, primary

      Charles Pinckney Cotesworth, age 31, preparatory

      John Rutledge, age 59, Middle Temple

      Representing Virginia:

      John Blair, age 55, Middle Temple

      James Madison Jr., age 36, Princeton

      George Washington, age 55, basic

      Also shown is William Jackson, the communications secretary of the Constitutional Convention. The following individuals walked out and did not sign the Constitution:

      Oliver Ellsworth from Connecticut

      James McClurg from Virginia

      George Wythe from Virginia

      Alexander Martin from North Carolina

      William R. Davie from North Carolina

      Robert Yates from New York

      William Houstoun from Georgia

      William Pierce from Georgia

      Caleb Strong from Massachusetts

      John F. Mercer from Maryland

      Luther Martin from Maryland

      William Houston from New Jersey

      The following individuals abstained from signing:

      Elbridge Gerry from Massachusetts

      George Mason from Virginia

      Edmund J. Randolph from Virginia

      A significant majority of the founders were lawyers. Many founders, mostly from the middle states, were merchants or businessmen. Many, mostly from the Chesapeake region and the southern states, were planters or farmers. There were also a few doctors, career politicians, and educators, and one printer.

      A significant majority of the founders were Episcopalian or Presbyterian. There were a few Congregationalists, mostly from the New England states, and Quakers from Pennsylvania and Delaware. A small portion were Methodist, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Christian Reformed, Dutch Reformed, Calvinist, Deist, or of unknown religious affiliation.

      The following states ratified the Constitution:

      New Hampshire on June 21st, 17 88

      New York on July 26nd, 17 88

      Massachusetts (including Maine) on February 7th, 17 88

      Connecticut on January 9th, 17 88

      Rhode Island on May 29th, 17 90

      Pennsylvania on December 12th, 17 87

      New Jersey on December 18th, 17 87

      Delaware on December 7th, 17 87

      Maryland on April 28th, 17 88

      Virginia on June 26th, 17 88

      North Carolina on November 21st, 17 89

      South Carolina on May 23rd, 17 88

      Georgia on January СКАЧАТЬ