because he represented North Carolina
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William Blount, the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory and he was expelled from the Senate on a charge of treason.Richard Dobbs Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina and was the 8th governor of North Carolina. He was 29 when he signed the US Constitution. He died in 1802 after a duel with John Stanly who had defeated him in the 1800 election for the US House of Representatives. That duel lead North Carolina to pass a law that outlawed that custom.Hugh Williamson who was born on the Pennsylvania frontier can be considered an international citizen and was one of the greatest intellectuals to sign that document. He taught Mathematics, was the author of Letters of Sylvius, was a licenced member of the clergy, held a degree in medicine from the University of Utrecht and was a member of the American Philosophical Society.
He didn't sign the Constitution.
Richard Henry Lee is known for the introduction of the resolution for independence from Britain (The Lee Resolution). Lee refused to sign the Constitution because it did not contain a bill of rights. He served as Virginia senator from 1789 until 1792.
The last person to sign the Constitution is Abraham Baldwin.
Richard Henry Lee did sign the declaration of independence. Along with Thomas Jefferson.