APPENDIX C
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention Who Did Not Sign
NAME/STATE | BIRTH/DEATH (All dates are "New Style") |
OCCUPATION/ EDUCATION |
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY IN THE REVOLUTION | PUBLIC OFFICES |
---|---|---|---|---|
DAVIE, William Richardson |
20 June 1756-29 November 1820 |
Lawyer |
Continentals, 1 year |
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, 2 years; Minister to France, 1 year; Governor of North Carolina, 2 years; state legislature, 12 years |
ELLSWORTH, Oliver |
29 April 1745-26 November 1807 |
Lawyer |
None |
Continental Congress 7 years; U.S. Supreme |
GERRY, Elbridge |
17 July 1744-23 November 1814 |
Merchant and land speculator |
None |
Colonial legislature, 4 years; Continental Congress, 11 years; US. Vice President, 2 years (died in office); House of Representatives, 4 years; Minister to France, 1 year; Governor of Massachusetts, 2 years; Massachusetts legislature, 4 years |
HOUSTOUN, William |
c. 1755-c. 1833 (Exact dates unknown) |
Lawyer |
None |
Continental Congress, 2 years |
HOUSTOUN, William |
c. 1746-12 August 1788 |
Teacher/lawyer |
Militia, 2 years |
Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 5 years; Receiver of Continental Taxes, 3 years; state legislature, 3 years |
LANSING, John |
30 January 1754-12 December 1829 (?) |
Lawyer |
Continentals, 2 years |
Continental Congress, 2 years; state legislature, 6 years; Chancellor of New York, 13 years; New York Superior Court, 11 years; Mayor of Albany 4 years |
McCLURG, James |
c. 1746-9 July 1823 |
Physician |
State troops, 6 years |
State Executive Council, 10 years |
MARTIN, Alexander |
c. 1740-2 November 1807 |
Merchant and lawyer |
Continentals, 2 years |
Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 1 year; U.S. Senate, 6 years; Governor of North Carolina, 6 years; state legislature, 11 years |
MARTIN, Luther |
c. 1748-10 July 1826 |
Racher and lawyer |
None |
Continental Congress, 1 year; Attorney General of Maryland, 31 years |
MASON, George |
c. 1725-7 October 1792 |
Planter |
None |
Colonial legislature, 1 year; state legislature, 1 year |
MERCER, John Francis |
17 May 1759-30 August 1821 |
Lawyer and businessman |
Continental Army, 4 years |
Virginia state legislature, 2 years; Continental Congress, 3 years; US House of Representatives, 2 years; Governor of Maryland, 2 years; Maryland assembly, 6 years |
PIERCE, William |
c. 1740-10 December 1789 |
Businessman |
Continental Army, 7 years |
Continental Congress, 1 year |
RANDOLPH, Edmund Jennings |
10 August 1753-12 September 1813 |
Lawyer |
Continental Army, 1 year |
Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 4 years; state legislature, 2 years; Governor of Virginia, 2 years; Attorney General, 4 years; Secretary of State, 2 years |
STRONG, Caleb |
9 January 1745-7 November 1819 |
Lawyer |
None |
State legislature, 12 years; U.S. Senate, 7 years; Governor of Massachusetts, 12 years |
WYTHE, George |
c. 1726-8 June 1806 |
Lawyer |
None |
Colonial legislature, 12 years; Continental Congress, 1 year; state legislature, 1 year; Chancellor of Virginia, 22 years |
YATES, Robert |
27 June 1738-9 September 1801 |
Lawyer |
None |
New York Superior Court, 22 years |
*Note: The College of New Jersey is now Princeton University.
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