Delegates’ Speeches, Motions, and Committee Assignments in the Constitutional Convention
The following table lists the speeches, motions, and committee assignments for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. This table was compiled by John P. Kaminski and Michael E. Stevens.
| wdt_ID | Delegate | State | Speeches | Motions | Committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Wilson | Pennsylvania | 172 | 49 | 2 |
| 2 | Gouverneur Morris | Pennsylvania | 171 | 78 | 4 |
| 3 | James Madison | Virginia | 167 | 72 | 4 |
| 4 | Roger Sherman | Connecticut | 131 | 46 | 4 |
| 5 | George Mason | Virginia | 127 | 36 | 4 |
| 6 | Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | 113 | 55 | 1 |
| 7 | Edmund Randolph | Virginia | 79 | 44 | 3 |
| 8 | Rufus King | Massachusetts | 78 | 22 | 6 |
| 9 | Hugh Williamson | North Carolina | 77 | 35 | 5 |
| 10 | Charles Pinckney | South Carolina | 74 | 58 | 1 |
| 11 | Oliver Ellsworth | Connecticut | 72 | 28 | 2 |
| 12 | Nathaniel Gorham | Massachusetts | 69 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | John Rutledge | South Carolina | 52 | 38 | 5 |
| 14 | Pierce Butler | South Carolina | 52 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | John Dickinson | Delaware | 47 | 21 | 4 |
| 16 | Luther Martin | Maryland | 38 | 23 | 2 |
| 17 | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | South Carolina | 34 | 20 | 2 |
| 18 | Benjamin Franklin | Pennsylvania | 27 | 13 | 2 |
| 19 | George Read | Delaware | 26 | 12 | 2 |
| 20 | Alexander Hamilton | New York | 25 | 11 | 2 |
| 21 | John Langdon | New Hampshire | 25 | 4 | 3 |
| 22 | Daniel Carroll | Maryland | 23 | 17 | 3 |
| 23 | John Francis Mercer | Maryland | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | William Samuel Johnson | Connecticut | 16 | 7 | 4 |
| 25 | William Paterson | New Jersey | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Jonathan Dayton | New Jersey | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Gunning Bedford, Jr. | Delaware | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Caleb Strong | Massachusetts | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Abraham Baldwin | Georgia | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | George Clymer | Pennsylvania | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | David Brearley | New Jersey | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Jacob Broom | Delaware | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | William R. Davie | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | James McHenry | Maryland | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | Thomas FitzSimons | Pennsylvania | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | North Carolina | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 37 | John Lansing, Jr. | New York | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | Maryland | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | George Wythe | Virginia | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | William Houstoun | Georgia | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 41 | James McClurg | Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | William Pierce | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | George Washington | Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Jared Ingersoll | Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | William Livingston | New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 | Robert Morris | Pennsylvania | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | William Blount | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | William Few | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | Nicholas Gilman | New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Alexander Martin | North Carolina | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | Thomas Mifflin | Pennsylvania | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Robert Yates | New York | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Richard Bassett | Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | William Churchill Houston | New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | John Blair | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delegate | State | Speeches | Motions | Committees |