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Delegates Sign Constitution After Lengthy Convention
The Philadelphia crew recounts the 1787 signing of the U S Constitution after months of wrangling. Washington led the signatories while Franklin, the eldest at 81, shed tears and urged unity. Randolph and Mason refused to sign, Gerry sided with dissenters, and Gorham prompted a key House representation adjustment.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philip Lyng
Pennsylvania Assembly
George Washington
New Hampshire
Georgia
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Edmund Randolph
George Mason
Virginia
Delaware
John Dickinson
George Read
Benjamin Franklin
Washington
Franklin
William Jackson
Pennsylvania
James Wilson
Maryland
James McHenry
Wilson
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Nathaniel Gorham
House of Representatives
Gorham
Randolph
Morris
Alexander Hamilton
New York
Hamilton
Gerry
South Carolina