Dobbs County, NC - Members of the U.S. Convention, 1787 List of the Members of the Convention of the United States in 1787 Connecticut William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, Oliver Elsworth Delaware George Read, Gunning Bedord, John Dickinson, Richard Basset, Jacob Broom Georgia William Few, Abraham Baldwin, William Pierce, George Walton, Willard Houston, Nathaniel Pendleton Maryland James M'Henry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll, John Francis Mercer, Luther Martin Massachusetts Francis Dana, Elbridge Gerry, Nathan'l Gorham, Rufus King, Caleb Strong New Hampshire John Langdon, John Pickering, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin West New Jersey Jonathan Dayton, William Livingston, David Brearley, William Churchill Houston, William Patterson, Abraham Clark New York Robert Yates, Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing, jun North Carolina Alexander Martin, William Richardson Davie, **Richard Caswell, Richard Dobbs Spaight, **Willie Jones, Wm Blount, Hugh Williamson Pennsylvania Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Wilson, Governeur Morris, Benjamin Franklin South Carolina John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Charles C. Pinkney, Pierce Butler Virginia George Washington, Edmund Randolph, Jahn Blair, James Madison, George Mason, George Wythe, *Patrick Henry, James M'Clurg *Patrick Henry declined accepting a seat, and James M'Clurg was chosen in his stead **Messrs Caswell and Jones declined accepting their seats, and William Blunt and Hugh Williamson were substituted. Source: The Arkansas Gazette, 20 Oct 1822 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________