Gouverneur Morris

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American statesman Founding Father of the United States human

Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.

Aliases (1)

Gouverneur Morris Jr. ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American statesman → Founding Father of the United States → human →
burialPlace	St. Ann’s Church, Bronx, New York →
causeOfDeath	complications from a urinary tract procedure →
child	Gouverneur Morris Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1752-01-31 →
dateOfDeath	1816-11-06 →
educatedAt	King’s College (now Columbia University) →
era	American Revolutionary era → Early Republic of the United States →
familyName	Morris →
father	Lewis Morris Jr. →
givenName	Gouverneur →
knownFor	advocacy of a strong national government → major role in drafting the United States Constitution → penning the Preamble to the United States Constitution →
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	Constitutional Convention → Continental Congress →
mother	Sarah Gouverneur →
notableWork	final wording of the Preamble to the United States Constitution → large portions of the final text of the United States Constitution →
occupation	diplomat → lawyer → politician → statesman →
participatedIn	Philadelphia Convention of 1787 →
placeOfBirth	Bronx, New York (present-day) → Morrisania, Province of New York →
placeOfDeath	Morrisania, New York →
politicalAlignment	Federalist →
positionHeld	Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France → United States Senator from New York → delegate to the Constitutional Convention → delegate to the Continental Congress →
relative	Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) →
religion	Episcopalian →
represented	New York → Pennsylvania (at the Constitutional Convention) →
residence	Morrisania, New York →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	signer of the Articles of Confederation → signer of the United States Constitution →
spouse	Ann Cary Randolph →
supported	American Revolution →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gouverneur Morris ("Gouverneur Morris Jr.") →	child
Constitutional Convention →	keyDelegate
Committee on Style →	member
Framers of the United States Constitution →	notableMember
Committee on Style →	principalDraftsman
Federalists →	prominentMember