...law in which he rose to great eminence. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1785-86, and was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States in 1787. He was elected Governor of Delaware in i 796, and shortly afterwards was appointed...

...Dayton being a general during the War of the Kevolution, and the son of General Dayton, Jonathan Dayton, was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, speaker of the house of representatives under that constitution, and a member of the...

...upon it the names of many old and valuable friends, some of the pioneers of the West, and among them a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the State of Ohio. That section the country has no direct connexion with the Bank the United States, or any transactions...

...Bennington and were safe. With others they returned after the surrender of Bnrgoyne at Sartoga. "Mr. Ward was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution -of the State. He was one of the Judges of the County Court for the county of Rutland for six years; was the first...

...Albany, John Lansing Jun. Esqr. Mr. L. is one of the few surviving patriots of the revolution ; he was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the U. 8., and of that which adopted it in the State of NY ; has been chief justice of the Supreme Court,...

...Albany, John Lansing Jun. Esqr. Mr. L. is one of the few surviving patriots of the revolution ; he was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the US, and of that which adopted it in the State of NY ; has been chief justice of the Supreme Court,...

...Revolution. He \vas a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia from 1779 to 1783 ; in 1788 was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, but voted against its adoption. In 1788 was Governor of Virginia. In 1789 was Attorney-General...

...Potosi, Grant county, and entered at once upon the practice of his profession. In 18±7, he was elected a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the state; and, in June, 1848, he was chosen a member of the national convention which nominated Zachary Taylor...

...the other for the displays of divine power and glory therein. The high position of Judge Bassett, who was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the new nation, a Senator in Congress, and afterward Governor, was such that he was able to render his...

...405. JUSTICE WILSON furnishes our next authority. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence ; was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, and of the Pennsylvania State Convention which adopted it ; a Judge of the Supreme Court...