Shaping the Electoral College Part V
Subtitle: June 9th. Our Framers were not about to substitute one national tyrant with another. All had lived under the abuses of George III and his royal governors. Less well-known… Read more »
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In Praise of Alexander Hamilton Part II
Subtitle: The Virginia Plan of Government. On Saturday July 7th 1787, Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania asked the Federal Convention, “What if all the Charters & Constitutions of the States were… Read more »
A Senate of the States: July 27th – August 6th, 1787
The convention adjourned July 26th to offer time for a Committee of Detail to smooth the resolutions passed to date. In addition to its assigned duty, it occasionally added what… Read more »