APPENDIX C

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention Who Did Not Sign

NAME/STATE BIRTH/DEATH
(All dates are "New Style")
OCCUPATION/
EDUCATION
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY IN THE REVOLUTION PUBLIC OFFICES

DAVIE, William Richardson
(North Carolina)

20 June 1756-29 November 1820
BIRTH: Egremont, Cumberlandshire, England
DEATH: Lancaster Co., S.C.

Lawyer
Queen's Museum College
(Charlotte, North Carolina) and College of New Jersey*

Continentals, 1 year
Highest rank: Captain
State troops, 2 years
Highest rank: Colonel

Brigadier General, U.S. Army, 2 years; Minister to France, 1 year; Governor of North Carolina, 2 years; state legislature, 12 years

ELLSWORTH, Oliver
(Connecticut)

29 April 1745-26 November 1807
BIRTH: Windsor, Conn.
DEATH: Windsor, Corm.

Lawyer
Yale College and College of New Jersey*

None

Continental Congress 7 years; U.S. Supreme
Court, 3 years; US. Senate, 7 years; state legislature, 14 years; Connecticut Superior Court, 4 years

GERRY, Elbridge
(Massachusetts)

17 July 1744-23 November 1814
BIRTH: Marblehead, Mass.
DEATH: Washington, D.C.

Merchant and land speculator
Harvard College

None

Colonial legislature, 4 years; Continental Congress, 11 years; US. Vice President, 2 years (died in office); House of Representatives, 4 years; Minister to France, 1 year; Governor of Massachusetts, 2 years; Massachusetts legislature, 4 years

HOUSTOUN, William
(Georgia)

c. 1755-c. 1833 (Exact dates unknown)
BIRTH: Savannah, Ga.
DEATH: Savannah, Ga.

Lawyer
Inner Temple (London)

None

Continental Congress, 2 years

HOUSTOUN, William
Churchill
(New Jersey)

c. 1746-12 August 1788
BIRTH: Cabarrus County(?), N.C.
DEATH: Frankford, Pa.

Teacher/lawyer
College of New Jersey*

Militia, 2 years
Highest rank: Captain

Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 5 years; Receiver of Continental Taxes, 3 years; state legislature, 3 years

LANSING, John
(New York)

30 January 1754-12 December 1829 (?)
BIRTH: Albany N.Y.
DEATH: New York, N.Y.
(Disappearance under mysterious circumstances; presumed to have been murdered.)

Lawyer

Continentals, 2 years
Highest rank: Major

Continental Congress, 2 years; state legislature, 6 years; Chancellor of New York, 13 years; New York Superior Court, 11 years; Mayor of Albany 4 years

McCLURG, James
(Virginia)

c. 1746-9 July 1823
BIRTH: Elizabeth City Co., Va.
DEATH: Williamsburg, Va.

Physician
College of William and Mary and University of Edinburgh

State troops, 6 years
Highest rank: Surgeon

State Executive Council, 10 years

MARTIN, Alexander
(North Carolina)

c. 1740-2 November 1807
BIRTH: Hunterdon Co., N.J.
DEATH: Rockingham Co., N.C.

Merchant and lawyer
College of New Jersey*

Continentals, 2 years
Highest rank: Colonel

Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 1 year; U.S. Senate, 6 years; Governor of North Carolina, 6 years; state legislature, 11 years

MARTIN, Luther
(Maryland)

c. 1748-10 July 1826
BIRTH: near New Brunswick, N.J.
DEATH: New York, N.Y.

Racher and lawyer
College of New Jersey*

None

Continental Congress, 1 year; Attorney General of Maryland, 31 years

MASON, George
(Virginia)

c. 1725-7 October 1792
BIRTH: Doeg's (now Mason's) Neck, Stafford Co., Va.
DEATH: "Gunston Hall;' Fairfax Co., Va.

Planter

None

Colonial legislature, 1 year; state legislature, 1 year

MERCER, John Francis
(Maryland)

17 May 1759-30 August 1821
BIRTH: "Marlborough;' Stafford Co., Va.
DEATH: Philadelphia, Pa.

Lawyer and businessman
College of William and Mary

Continental Army, 4 years
Highest rank: Major
Militia, 2 years
Highest rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Virginia state legislature, 2 years; Continental Congress, 3 years; US House of Representatives, 2 years; Governor of Maryland, 2 years; Maryland assembly, 6 years

PIERCE, William
(Georgia)

c. 1740-10 December 1789
BIRTH: Probably Georgia (exactlocation unknown)
DEATH: Savannah, Ga.

Businessman

Continental Army, 7 years
Highest rank: Major

Continental Congress, 1 year

RANDOLPH, Edmund Jennings
(Virginia)

10 August 1753-12 September 1813
BIRTH: Tell Hall, Williamsburg, Va.
DEATH: Clarke County Va.

Lawyer
College of William and Mary but did not graduate

Continental Army, 1 year
Highest rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Colonial legislature, 1 year; Continental Congress, 4 years; state legislature, 2 years; Governor of Virginia, 2 years; Attorney General, 4 years; Secretary of State, 2 years

STRONG, Caleb
(Massachusetts)

9 January 1745-7 November 1819
BIRTH: Northampton, Mass.
DEATH: Northampton, Mass.

Lawyer
Harvard College

None

State legislature, 12 years; U.S. Senate, 7 years; Governor of Massachusetts, 12 years

WYTHE, George
(Virginia)

c. 1726-8 June 1806
BIRTH: Elizabeth City Co., Va.
DEATH: Richmond, Va.

Lawyer
College of William and Mary but did not graduate

None

Colonial legislature, 12 years; Continental Congress, 1 year; state legislature, 1 year; Chancellor of Virginia, 22 years

YATES, Robert
(New York)

27 June 1738-9 September 1801
BIRTH: Schenectady, N.Y.
DEATH: Albany N.Y.

Lawyer

None

New York Superior Court, 22 years

*Note: The College of New Jersey is now Princeton University.

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