The written record of the debates that occurred at the Constitutional Convention were kept by James Madison. Madison served as the 4th U.S. President.
George Washington and James Madison were the only future presidents at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
James Madison's diary is the only record of the Constitutional Convention that we have. Since no minutes or direct record of the meetings were allowed, Madison's reflections is were we get most of our information on the event.
False. The only state that didn't send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was Rhode Island.
Rhode Island was the only colony that did not take part in the Constitutional Convention. Some say that this was because it was not fully attached to the other thirteen colonies
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With the exception of Rhode Island, it was the original states, collectively, that chose the delegates to attend the Constitutional Convention. Several prominent Founding Fathers were not able to attend, such as Thomas Jefferson.
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The average age at the Constitutional Convention was 42.
The only Constitutional Convention in US history was called in 1787. At the time, it was known as the Philadelphia Convention, because the delegates simply intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, not write an entirely new Constitution.
in all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan ...