Gouverneur Morris (novelist)
Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early 20th century.
Morris in 1931
Morris's "Yellow Men and Gold" was the cover story for the first issue of Adventure in 1910
Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Penalty (1920), based on The Penalty (1913) by Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution". While most Americans still thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states. He was also one of the most outspoken opponents of slavery among those who were present at the Constitutional Congress. He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1800 to 1803.
Portrait of Morris, 1817
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris. New-York Historical Society.
Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris. Charles Willson Peale, 1783.
Morris wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution.