George Mason
American delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1725-1792) · United States · Politicians · Died at 66
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Something wrong?George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution.
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Portrait of Mason's wife, Ann Eilbeck, with whom he had nine children. By Dominic Boudet in 1811, a copy of the destroyed original by John Hesselius.
A 1958 postage stamp featuring Gunston Hall, Mason's residence in Fairfax County, Virginia
The House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, where Mason served as a delegate from 1758 to 1761
Mason's plan for Virginia's constitution was adopted over proposals by Thomas Jefferson (pictured) and others.
Mason's letter to George Washington in 1776, congratulating Washington on his victory in the siege of Boston
The Assembly Room in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Constitutional Convention was held and the Constitution was signed and ratified
Gunston Hall in May 2006Family
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George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification, have exercised a significant influence on American political thought and events. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Mason principally authored, served as a basis for the United States Bill of Rights, of which he has been deemed a father.
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