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Pennsylvania
Gouverneur Morris
Penman of the Constitution
Gouverneur Morris
1752–1816 • Pennsylvania
Delegate, Pennsylvania
Most Important Quote
“We the People of the United States…”
Biography
Wrote the final draft of the Constitution, including its famous Preamble. Wooden-legged, witty, and aristocratic.
Stances
Federalist, abolitionist, suspicious of democracy unchecked.