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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Dennis Carl), 1978- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
Series:	American political thought.
Subjects:	Morris, Gouverneur, > 1752-1816. United States. > Constitutional Convention > (1787) Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) Statesmen > United States > Biography. Legislators > New York (State) > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789. Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography. Founding Fathers of the United States. Legislators. Politics and government. Statesmen. New York (State) United States. 1783-1789 Biographies.

Table of 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.