George Mason drafted the Virginia state constitution and the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced Thomas Jefferson and was used as a model by other states. A member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1776 - 88), he attended the Constitutional Convention but did not sign the Constitution of the United States, which he believed granted large and indefinite powers to the central government.
James Madison is the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Author of Virginia Declaration of Rights wasThomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson.
Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom and father of the University of Virginia
John Adams is the main author of the Massachusetts Constitution, which all other 13 colonies based their own Constitution on.
Third President of the U.s., Author of Declaration of Independence, founder of University of Virginia
John Dinan has written: 'The Virginia State Constitution'
Uhm he did sign it.
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration. He drafted his ideas from John Locke.
Roger Pilon has written: 'The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America'
The three accomplishments that Thomas Jefferson wanted listed on his gravestone were author of the Declaration of Independence, author of the statute of Virginia, and father of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson made this clear in his will.