Executive branch
Fifty-five delegates gathered together for the Constitutional Convention.
The delegates had signed the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.
Fifty-five delegates gathered together for the Constitutional Convention at the Independence hall.
Fifty-five delegates gathered together for the Constitutional Convention at the Independence hall.
The 55 delegates were known as the framers
Fifty-five delegates from 12 states (Rhode Island did not participate) met in Philadelphia in May 1787. While authorized only to "revise" the Articles of Confederation, the participants moved quickly to develop a new structure for the government.
Fifty five men who met in the Philadelphia state house from May to September 1787.
May 25th, 1787
Fifty five
There were fifty-five delegates to the 1787 constitutional convention, two of which later went on to become president, (George Washington, James Madison). Therefore the fraction is 2/55 or percentage is 3.6%. bib source - http:/www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marryff.html
The fifty-five delegates elected George Washington to preside over the Convention.George Washington, who two years later (1789) became the first US President under that Constitution.
Thirty nine of the fifty five delegates actually signed the Constitution.