The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and the first system of federal g
States and territories of the United States at the time of the Constitutional Convention
Independence Hall's Assembly Room
Detail of the Rising Sun Chair that presiding officer George Washington sat in during the convention.
James Madison, author of the Virginia Plan
On September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention. The U.
The closing endorsement section of the United States Constitution
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy (1940)
Gouverneur Morris, author of the Constitution's closing endorsement