Committee of Detail

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The Committee of Detail was a five-member body at the 1787 Constitutional Convention tasked with drafting the first full version of the United States Constitution from the delegates’ resolutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of the Constitutional Convention
committee
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
appointedBy Constitutional Convention
appointedOn July 24, 1787
basedOn resolutions of the Constitutional Convention
chairperson John Rutledge
composedOfDelegatesFrom Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Virginia
country United States of America
dissolved 1787
fieldOfWork constitutional drafting
constitutional law
followedBy Committee on Style
surface form: Committee of Style
hasNumberOfMembers 5
hasWorkAsSubject allocation of powers between federal and state governments
organization of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
structure of the federal government of the United States
historicalPeriod Framing of the United States Constitution
inception 1787
languageOfWork English
locatedIn Pennsylvania
United States of America
location Philadelphia
member Edmund Randolph
James Wilson
John Rutledge
Nathaniel Gorham
Oliver Ellsworth
partOf Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia Convention
presentedDraftOn August 6, 1787
produced first full draft of the United States Constitution
reasonForDissolution completion of its drafting task at the Constitutional Convention
significance created the working draft that became the basis for the final text of the U.S. Constitution
significantEvent drafting of the 1787 Constitution
task arrange and systematize resolutions adopted by the Constitutional Convention
draft the first full version of the United States Constitution
prepare a draft constitution for debate
timePeriod summer 1787

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Committee on Style precededBy Committee of Detail
Slave Trade Clause draftedBy Committee of Detail
this entity surface form: Committee of Detail of the Constitutional Convention