No. IX. MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION WHICH FORMED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1787. Those with numbers before their names signed the Constitution. Those without numbers attended the Convention, but did not sign the Constitution. The dates denote the first day of their attendance. Those in italics never attended. The Convention was formed, and proceeded to business, on the 25th of May, when George Washington was chosen President. The first column of years denotes the beginning of their terms of service; the second, when their terms of service expired, as accurately as they can be ascertained by the Journals of Congress. President of the Senate and Vice-President of the United States. Speakers of the House of Representatives. Frederick A. Muhlenberg, from April Jonathan Trumbull, 1st, 1789, to October 24th, 1791. from October 24th, 1791, to December 2d, 1793. Jonathan Dayton, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, from December 2d, 1793, to December 7th, 1795. from December 7th, 1795, to December 2d, 1799. |