Gouverneur Morris was an American Statesman. He was born in 1752 and died in 1816. He was a step-brother of Lewis Morris, a signer of the American Declaration of Independence. He was graduated at King's (Columbia) College in 1768, and was admitted to the bar of New York. He was a delegate to the New York Provincial Congress and to the Continental Congress, and was an influential adviser in financial matters. He was assistant to Robert Morris when the latter was Superintendent of Finance; he attended the Federal Convention of 1787 and revised the final draft of the American Constitution. After passing some time in France, he went as a diplomatic agent to England in 1791, and was Minister to France from 1791 until 1794. For some years he traveled in Europe. Returning to America he was US Senator 1800 to 1803. He was a champion of canals, and chairman of the canal commissioners. Gouverneur Morris was a noted writer of satires and addresses and a prominent Federalist. Research Gouverneur Morris
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