what state did roger sherman represent at the constitutional convention?
Connecticut
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 The state hired Clifford in 1859 to assist Phillips in prosecuting what turned out to be the final stages of a long @-@ running ( 200 year ) series of issues concerning the state 's boundary with Rhode Island . Phillips and Clifford traveled to Washington , DC in January 1861 to make their appearance before the United States Supreme Court . At the time , tensions between North and South were exceptionally high , and United States Attorney General Edwin Stanton expressed to them concern that Washington might be attacked by rebel forces . Their letter to Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew was one of the warnings that prompted Andrew to begin organizing Massachusetts volunteer regiments for the American Civil War . 

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 Almost all of the fifty @-@ five delegates had taken part in the Revolution , with at least twenty @-@ nine having served in the Continental forces , most in positions of command . All but two or three had served in colonial or state government during their careers . The vast majority ( about 75 % ) of the delegates were or had been members of the Confederation Congress , and many had been members of the Continental Congress during the Revolution . Several had been state governors . Just two delegates , Roger Sherman and Robert Morris , would be signatories to all three of the nation ’ s founding documents : the Declaration of Independence , the Articles of Confederation , and the Constitution . 

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 Immediately after Randolph finished laying out the Virginia Plan , Charles Pinckney of South Carolina presented his own plan to the Convention . As Pinckney did not reduce it to writing , the only evidence we have are Madison 's notes , so the details are somewhat vague . It was a confederation , or treaty , among the thirteen states . There was to be a bicameral legislature made up of a Senate and a House of Delegates . The House would have one member for every one thousand inhabitants . The House would elect Senators who would serve by rotation for four years and represent one of four regions . Congress would meet in a joint session to elect a President , and would also appoint members of the cabinet . Congress , in joint session , would serve as the court of appeal of last resort in disputes between states . Pinckney did also provide for a supreme Federal Judicial Court . The Pinckney plan was not debated , but it may have been referred to by the Committee of Detail . 

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 Gouverneur Morris is credited , both now and then , as the chief draftsman of the final document , including the stirring preamble . Not all the delegates were pleased with the results ; thirteen left before the ceremony , and three of those remaining refused to sign : Edmund Randolph of Virginia , George Mason of Virginia , and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts . George Mason demanded a Bill of Rights if he was to support the Constitution . The Bill of Rights was not included in the Constitution submitted to the states for ratification , but many states ratified the Constitution with the understanding that a bill of rights would soon follow . Shortly before the document was to be signed , Gorham proposed to lower the size of congressional districts from 40 @,@ 000 to 30 @,@ 000 citizens . A similar measure had been proposed earlier , and failed by one vote . George Washington spoke up here , making his only substantive contribution to the text of the Constitution in supporting this move . The Convention adopted it without further debate . Gorham would sign the document , although he had openly doubted whether the United States would remain a single , unified nation for more than 150 years . Ultimately , 39 of the original 55 delegates ended up signing , but it is likely that none were completely satisfied . Their views were summed up by Benjamin Franklin , who said , 

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 The Assembly session began in early December . Once at Richmond , Madison began drafting the Report , though he was delayed by a weeklong battle with dysentery . On December 23 , Madison moved for the creation of a special seven @-@ member committee with himself as chairman to respond to " certain answers from several of the states , relative to the communications made by the Virginia legislature at their last session . " The committee members were Madison , John Taylor , William Branch Giles , George Keith Taylor , John Wise , John Mercer , and William Daniel . The next day , Christmas Eve , the committee produced a first version of the Report . The measure came before the House of Delegates , the lower house of the General Assembly , on January 2 . 
