United States History Student Edition

» This exhibit at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia includes 42 life-size bronze statues that represent the Framers who signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

The Constitution's Framers All 55 representatives who worked together to draft the U.S. Constitution were white males, and nearly half were college educated. They worked in a variety of professions.

“ The happy

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Union of these States is a wonder; their Constn. [Constitution] a miracle. ” — James Madison, 1829

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Politicians

12 Other*

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*Other professions included judge, physician, planter/farmer, philosopher, professor, and surveyor. Source: Fifty-Five Fathers: The Story of the Constitutional Convention GO ONLINE PHOTO: Craig Jack Photographic/Alamy Stock Photo; TEXT: Madison, James. Notes in Outline, Federal and State Government. September, 1829. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm020683/.

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