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 William
Maclay served in the first U.S.
Senate, where he became best known for keeping
the only continuous account of that body's first
session. |
 Nathaniel
Macon spent over 30 years in
Congress, where he supported states' rights,
slavery, the purchases of Louisiana and Florida,
and the War of 1812. |
 Gouverneur Morris
was responsible for the decimal system of coinage
and the word "cent," as well as for the
Constitutional provision allowing for a
presidential veto of legislation. |
 William
Paca led protests against the Stamp
Act, signed the Declaration of Independence, and
introduced amendments to the Constitution that
became part of the Bill of Rights. |
 William Paterson
signed the Constitution, and then served in the
first U.S. Senate, as Governor of New Jersey, and
as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
 Timothy Pickering
served in a variety of local and state positions
before serving as Postmaster General, Secretary
of State, Secretary of War, and in the U.S.
Senate. |
 Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney served in the
Constitutional Convention, where he opposed the
popular election of Representatives and the
payment of Senators. |
 Edmund Randolph
proposed the three-branch system of federal
government and then went on to serve as our
nation's first Attorney General and second
Secretary of State. |
 Betsy
Ross operated a successful
seamstress and upholstery in Philadelphia.
Popular legend has it that she sewed the first
"Stars and Stripes," but no one really
knows for sure. |
 John Rutledge
served as Governor of South Carolina, in the
Constitutional Convention, and as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court. |
 Roger Sherman
presented a proposal at the Constitutional
Convention which resolved the differences between
large and small states on representation in the
national legislature. |
 Daniel D. Tompkins
served as an Associate Justice of the New York
State Supreme Court, Governor of New York, and
Vice-President of the United States. |
