 | John Franklin Meginness - Clinton County (Pa.) - 1857 - 550 pages
...Legislature from York county. In 1783, he was elected a member of the Council of Censors. In 1787, he was a member of the State Convention, which adopted the Constitution of the United States. In 1788, he was elected a member of Congress, and he continued a member of that august body for about... | |
 | John Franklin Meginness - Clinton County (Pa.) - 1857 - 596 pages
...Legislature from York county. In 1783, he was elected a member of the Council of Censors. In 1787, he was a member of the State Convention, which adopted the Constitution of the United States. In 1788, he was elected a member of Congress, and he continued a member of that august body for about... | |
 | Elijah Baldwin Huntington - Reference - 1863 - 510 pages
...native town, and was successively chosen sheriff of the county, treasurer of the state, and delegate to the state convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, he was appointed by President Washington collector of the customs at New London, then the port... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1870 - 606 pages
...assigned to him. Mr. Greene was, at different times, a member of the General Assembly of his native State. He was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States. Justly appreciating the blessings of good government, he earnestly advocated the adoption of the proposed... | |
 | Levi Bartlett - History - 1876 - 126 pages
...Independence was proclaimed. He was a member of both branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts, of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States, and of the Convention of 1820 to amend the Constitution of Massachusetts. Gov. Hancock appointed him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Perry - South Carolina - 1889 - 462 pages
...mountains. He was elected a member of the State Convention which framed the Constitution ; and he was also a member of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States. There was, at the time, in South Carolina, considerable opposition to the Federal Constitution, but... | |
 | United States - 1890 - 724 pages
...1779 he was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of Massachusetts, and in 1789 was member of the State convention which adopted the constitution of the United States. In 1800 he removed to Boston, and in 1806 assumed the * Sprague's " Annals of the American Pulpit " ;... | |
 | Clement Ferdinand Heverly - Sheshequin (Pa.) - 1902 - 396 pages
...Legislature from York county ; in 1783, he was chosen a member of the Council of Censors, and in 1787 he was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States. He' was elected to Congress in 1788 and was continued a member of that body for twelve years. In 18(X),... | |
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In 1787, he was a member of the State Convention, which adopted the Constitution of the United States. In... 
