The Men Who Made the Constitution

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Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on the issues and compromises that dominated the debates, the exchanges were also shaped by the dynamic personalities of the fifty-five delegates who attended from twelve of the thirteen states. In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional historian John R. Vile explores the lives and contributions of each of these 55 delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Unlike other treatments, Vile looks at the life and considers the contribution of every elected delegate, including those who left before the Convention ended and those who stayed until the last day but refused to sign. Each biography records the delegate's birth, education, previous positions or public service roles, homes, and family life, life after the Convention, death, and final burial place. Drawing directly from Convention debates and a vast array of secondary sources, Vile covers the positions of each delegate at the Convention on both major and minor issues and describes their service on committees and roles afterwards at the state ratification conventions. In addition to an introductory review of the Constitutional Convention itself, each profile in The Signers of the Constitution includes a bibliography of key sources, engravings of each delegate for whom such portraits had been created, a quiz on key facts about the delegates and a transcript of the Constitution of the United States. This work is the perfect work of reference and research for students and scholars, as well as professional and amateur historians of colonial and early American history, constitutional law, and American jurisprudence.