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The Constitution's penman : Gouverneur Morris and the creation of America's basic charter

Title
The Constitution's penman : Gouverneur Morris and the creation of America's basic charter / Dennis C. Rasmussen.
Author
Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Dennis Carl), 1978-
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]

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Description
vi, 253 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"Strikingly few Americans know who wrote their nation's basic political charter. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris has been called "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, and he was a dominant figure at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. In fact, he spoke more often, proposed more motions, and had more motions adopted than any other delegate. He also put the Constitution into its final form, choosing the arrangement and much of the wording of its provisions, not to mention composing the famous preamble ("We the people of the United States . . .") nearly from scratch. The Constitution's Penman is the first book to explore the constitutional vision of this fascinating and neglected figure"--
Series Statement
American political thought
Uniform Title
American political thought.
Subject
  • Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
  • United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
  • United States. Constitutional Convention
  • Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
  • 1783-1789
  • Statesmen > United States > Biography
  • Legislators > New York (State) > Biography
  • Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography
  • Founding Fathers of the United States
  • Legislators
  • Politics and government
  • Statesmen
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
  • New York (State)
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Penman's Story: A Brief Biography -- 2. A Most Splendid Part: Morris at the Convention -- 3. A Representative of America: Federalism -- 4. Checking America's Aristocracy: The Senate -- 5. Property and the People's Branch: The House of Representatives -- 6. A Reluctant Architect of the Electoral College: Presidential Selection -- 7. An Office Fit for Washington: The Presidency -- 8. That Fortress of the Constitution: The Judiciary -- 9. The Curse of Heaven: Slavery -- 10. A Declaration of Motives: The Preamble.
Call Number
JFE 23-1879
ISBN
  • 9780700634149
  • 0700634142
  • 9780700634156 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2022030116
  • 40031658078
OCLC
  • 1334564480
  • 1334564480
Author
Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Dennis Carl), 1978- author.
Title
The Constitution's penman : Gouverneur Morris and the creation of America's basic charter / Dennis C. Rasmussen.
Publisher
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
American political thought
American political thought.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1783-1789
Other Form:
Online version: Rasmussen, Dennis C. Constitution's penman Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023] 9780700634156 (DLC) 2022030117
Other Standard Identifier
40031658078
Research Call Number
JFE 23-1879
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