Some delegates thought that the citizens should choose the president but others thought that the national government should. They compromised and made the Electoral College and they now decide who the president will be.
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Not sure what you want to know. Soon after the Constitution was ratified, the people unanimously chose George Washington to be President. Not only that, but he was unanimously re-elected for 4 more years, and after that most people wanted him to run again, but he refused.
Because some delegates wanted congress to stand up against the president!!!!!
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Most of the provisions written by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of the United States are still used today. The way the president is elected has been modified.
James Madison Jr., who passed away in 1836. During the Constitutional Convention Madison, a Virginia representative, took daily notes of the event that were released upon his death. Madison's political career includes Secretary of State (1801-1809) and President of the United States (1809-1817) Extensive information on the delegates of the Convention can be found at: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/age.html
George Washington was elected President of the Constitutional Convention by unanimous vote. The Constitutional Convention opened in 1787 in Philadelphia.
George Washington was the president of the Constitutional Convention. James Madison did the most to shape the drafting of the Constitution. After all of the delegates had figured out the three branches of government, Benjamin Franklin wanted George to become the first president of the young United States because he was the successful commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.