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'Fast And Fourteen': Delegates Who Left The Federal Convention Early, Peter Aschenbrenner Feb 2012

'Fast And Fourteen': Delegates Who Left The Federal Convention Early, Peter Aschenbrenner

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Of the fifty-five delegates who attended the federal convention at Philadelphia in 1787, fourteen left before the constitution concluded its business on September 17, 1787. Their voting records disclose that, just like those early arrivers who supported the Constitution, early leavers who opposed the Constitution were overwhelmed by the number of supporters who departed.


Table Annexed To Article: 'Fast And Fourteen:' Delegates Who Left The Federal Convention Early, Peter J. Aschenbrenner Jan 2012

Table Annexed To Article: 'Fast And Fourteen:' Delegates Who Left The Federal Convention Early, Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Of the fifty-five delegates who attended the federal convention at Philadelphia in 1787, fourteen left before the constitution concluded its business on September 17, 1787. Their voting records disclose that, just like those early arrivers who supported the Constitution, early leavers who opposed the Constitution were overwhelmed by the number of supporters who departed.