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Jonathan Dayton, son of a storekeeper in Elizabethtown, had served with distinction in the Revolution, and, at twenty-six, was the convention's youngest delegate. Pierce, an army comrade, said that Dayton had ``an impetuosity in his temper'' that was injurious to him, but that he also had an ``honest rectitude.''
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MaxineThe youngest delegate to attend the constitutional convention was Johathan Dayton, from Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth) New Jersey. He was 26. Dayton, for whom Dayton Ohio is named, was a war hero, and he later became Speaker of the House and then a US Senator. His political career was destroyed when we was arrested for treason in 1807, in connection to Aaron Burr's conspiracy. He was released and never tried.
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Who was the youngest person in the Constitutional Convention?
John Locke
Was Benjamin Franklin the youngest member of the Constitutional Convention?
No. He was in his 80s.
What plan for the Constitutional Convention was bicameral?
The Constitutional Convention?
The constitutional convention met in the city of?
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
Number of states represented the Constitutional convention?
there were 12 states that were represented in the constitutional convention
