Robert Morris - Signers Of The U.S. Constitution
by Lyle Tayson
Title
Robert Morris - Signers Of The U.S. Constitution
Artist
Lyle Tayson
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Painting - Watercolor On Cold Press Illustration Board
Description
Robert Morris has the distinction of being one of only two men -- Roger Sherman being the other -- to sign all three of the most important documents of the Revolutionary Era: the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Articles of Confederation in 1778, and the United States Constitution in 1787. In addition to his political career, he became a partner in a leading mercantile enterprise in Philadelphia. In his first election to political office, Morris was chosen by the Pennsylvania legislature as a delegate to the Continental Congress. In 1781, Morris was appointed by Congress as Superintendent of Finance. He became known as "The Financier", and is regarded by many as second in importance only to Washington in winning the Revolutionary War by pledging his personal credit time after time to obtain needed supplies for the Continental Army. At the Constitutional Convention, Morris took little part in the debates. He favored a plan in which the small states would be denied an equal vote, and seconded a motion that members of the Senate should hold terms for life. Morris took an active role in the new government of the United States, winning office as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. In his later years he became involved in western land speculation, lost his fortune, and served a term in debtors' prison. Robert Morris died a poor man at the age of 72 in 1806.
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