Constitution Day - Facts about the Framers of the Constitution
President of the Convention - George Washington, VA
Most talkative delegate - Gouvernor Morris, PA, 173 speeches
First to use the term “United States” - Oliver Ellsworth,
CT
Recorder of the Convention proceedings - James Madison, VA
Scribe who copied the document onto parchment - Jacob Shallus
Shallus’s fee paid for his 40 hours of work - $30
Total length of the Constitution, including amendments - 7,540 words
Average age of the Convention delegates - 43
Oldest delegate- Benjamin Franklin, 81, PA
Youngest delegate- Jonathan Dayton, 26, NJ
Number of delegates than serving in Congress - 24
Number of delegates to the Convention - 55
Number who also signed the Declaration of Independence - 6
Delegates present at the Convention’s end - 42
Delegates who refused to sign the Constitution –
- George Mason, VA;
- Edmund Randolph, VA;
- Elbridge Gerry, MA
Professions of the Convention delegates –
- 14 land speculators,
- 34 lawyers,
- 15 farmers,
- 16 merchants/businessmen
Number of college-educated delegates - 35
Number who were self-taught - 4
Number who owned slaves - 15
Number who were foreign-born - 8
The one state not represented - Rhode Island
