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Benjamin Franklin, from Pennsylvania, was born in 1706. At 81 during the Convention, he was the oldest delegate. Incidently, Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Convention, hence the nickname "Rogue's Island," by many of the bitter colonies. For more info on the delegates' boigraphies,

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Benjamin Franklin, at age 81, was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.

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the oldest delegate was Benjamin Franklyn at 81.

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Ben Franklin at 81.

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