They Did Not Sign th Constitution

[Keith Broaders]

Delegates opposed  the ratification of the Constitution  

1. Oliver Ellsworth
2. William Houstoun
3. William L. Pierce
4. Luher Martin
5. John F. Mercer
6. Elbridge Gerry
7. Caleb Strong
8. John Lansing, Jr.
9. Robert Yates
10. William R. Davie
11. Alexander Martin
12. George Mason
13. James McClurg
14. Edmund J. Randolph
15. George Wythe

---

73 delegates were appointed to the Constitutional Convention. 55 Attended and only 39 signed the Constitution.

Where was John Hamcock, Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine.

These delegates refused to attend the convention

1.  Richard Henry Lee (Virginia)
2.  Thomas Nelson (Virginia)
3.  Patrick Henry (Virginia)
4.  Abraham Clark (New Jersey)
5.  John Neilson (New Jersey)
6.  Richard Coswell (North Carolina)
7.  Willie Jones (North Carolina)
8.  George Watson (Georgia)
9.  Nathaniel Pendleton (Georgia)
10.  Henry Laurens (South Carolina)
11.  Francis Dana (Massachusetts)
12.  Gabriel Duvall (Maryland)
13.  Robert Hansen Harrison (Maryland
14.  Thomas Stone (Maryland)
15.  Charles Caroll (Maryland
16.  Thomas Sim Lee (Maryland)
17.  John Pickering (New Hampshire)
18.  Benjamin West (New Hampshire).)