Clue:
This delegate took notes at the
Philadelphia Convention.
Name: James Madison
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 36/1751
Two Additional Clues:1.) Fourth President of the United States 2.) Father of the Constitution
Clue:
He refused to sign the Constitution.
Name: George Mason
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 62/1725
Two Additional Clues:1.) Also called Father of the Bill of Rights 2.)Delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention
Clue:
This delegate was the head of the
Virginia delegation to the convention.
Name: George Washington
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 55/1732
Two Additional Clues: General during the Revolutionary War 2.) First President
Clue:
He practiced in law in Williamsburg.
Name: Edmund Randolph
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 34/1753
Two Additional Clues: 1.) One of the eleven delegates selected to represent Virginia at the Continental Congress 2.) Was in private law practice
2
Clue:
He studied medicine in Scotland.
Name: Samuel Dick
State: New Jersey
Age/Year of Birth: 47/1740
Two Additional Clues: 1.) Delegate for New Jersey to the Confederation Congress 2.) Served in the New Jersey militia
Clue:
This Framer emancipated his slaves in
his will.
Name: Thomas Jefferson
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 44/1743
Two Additional Clues: 1.)An American founding father 2.) Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Clue:
He was responsible for the Judiciary Act
of 1789.
Name: William Paterson
State: New Jersey
Age/Year of Birth:44/1745
Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Ireland 2.) Entered Princeton University at age 14
Clue:
He was the chairman of the Committee
on Style.
Name: William Samuel Johnson
State: Connecticut
Age/Year of Birth: 59/1727
Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Stratford, Connecticut 2.) United States Senator From Connecticut
Clue:
He served on the committees that draft
both the Declaration of Independence
and the Article of Confederation.
Name: Roger Sherman
State: Connecticut
Age/Year of Birth:68/1721
Two Additional Clues: 1.) Early American lawyer and politician 2.) Served as President of Columbia University
3
Clue:
He studied law in Philadelphia.
Name: George Ross
State: Pennsylvania
Age/Year of Birth:59/1730
Two Additional Clues:1.) Born in New Castle, Delaware 2.) Educated at home
Clue:
He was a roommate of James Madison
at the College of New Jersey.
Name: Gunning Bedford Jr.
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth:42/1747
Two Additional Clues:1.) American lawyer 2.) Politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware
Clue:
He served as the first postmaster general
of Wilmington.
Name: Ben Franklin
State: Pennsylvania
Age/Year of Birth:83/1706
Two Additional Clues:1.) Scientist 2.) Invented electricity
Clue:
He voted against independence and did
sign the Declaration of Independence.
Name: George Read
State: Delaware
Age/Year of Birth:53/1733
Two Additional Clues: 1.) Continental Congressman form Delaware 2.) Member of the Federalist Party
4
Clue:
During the Revolution he served as a
lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.
Name: Henry Lee III
State: Virginia
Age/Year of Birth: 19/1756
Two Additional Clues:1.) Ninth Governor of Virginia 2.) The Virginia representative to the United States Congress
Clue:
Served as one of the original trustees of
the University of Georgia at Athens.
Name: William Houstoun
State: Georgia
Age/Year of Birth: 32/1755
Two Additional Clues: 1.) American planter, statesman, and lawyer 2.) Delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress
