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James Wilsons Influence
James Wilson reached the apex of his career in the Constitutional convention. He was part of the Committee of detail, which was established by the US Constitutional Convention on July 24th, 1787. This was to put down a draft text reflecting the agreements made by the Convention up to that, including the Virginia plan’s 15 resolutions. James Wilson was also the only member of the Pennsylvania state convention of 1787 to ratify the constitution who had served in the Philadelphia Convention. His colleagues selected him to be one out of six delegates who reported the final document for acceptance. James’s influence was most likely second of Madison, and only Gouverneur Morris gave more speeches than
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