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Gouverneur Morris
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Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris I
(January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an
American
statesman, a
Founding Father of the United States
, and a native of
New York City
who represented
Pennsylvania
in the
Constitutional Convention of 1787
. He was a signatory to the
Articles of Confederation
. Morris was also an author of large sections of the
Constitution of the United States
and one of its signers. He is widely credited as the author of the document's
preamble
, and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution." In an era when most Americans thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states.
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