Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
This is one of the 13 delegations in the convention, accounting for 2 of 59 people who took part.
Members (2):
Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
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Nicholas Gilman | Visualize | (3 August 1755 – 2 May 1814) Officer in the Continental Army and merchant. A Captain during the Revolutionary War, Gilman held many administrative duties and rose to the position of assistant adjutant general for the army. He was appointed as a delegate to the Confederation Congress and the Constitutional Convention. He would later be elected to both houses of the U.S. Congress. | New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation) , New Hampshire Delegation (United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)) |
John Langdon | Visualize | (26 June 1741 – 18 September 1819) Merchant and legislator. The owner of several merchant vessels, he helped to build warships during the Revolutionary War and was a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and a member of the Confederation Congress. Having been a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he afterwards joined the US Senate, where he became President pro tempore. He was elected three times to be Governor of New Hampshire. | New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation) |