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Constitutional Convention Biographies Thread
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Rufus King
Rufus King was a well known man in the state of Massachusetts. When Rufus went to the convention he was a young one at the age of 32. He was born on March 24, 1755 and past away 72 years later on April 29, 1827. When Rufus was about 22 he went to Harvard to be many things. He had over 7 jobs that include Public Security Interests, Lending and Investments, Mercantile, Manufacturing, and Shipping, an Investor , and a Lawyer. After college Rufus was in the Lower House of Massachusetts State Legislature from 1783 to 1785 and was in the confederation congress on 1784 to 1787. Rufus King had many committee assignments including the second Second Committee of Representation, Chairman of the Third Committee of Representation, Committee of Assumption of State Debt, Committee of Slave Trade, Committee of Leftovers, Committee of Style. His contribution to the convention by signing the constitution. After that he served in the most committees. his participation in the government was by attending the Massachusetts ratification and supporting the ratification of the constitution. He then was elected to be the senator of New York.
George Wythe
George Wythe was born on 1726. His Prior political experience was that he worked in the House of Burgesses for nearly 20 years. Then he was in the State Lower House of Virginia from 1777-1778. Before that, he went to the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1776. Then he went to the Virginia Court of Chancery from 1777-1801. And he signed the Declaration of Independnce in 1776. He went to school at the College of William and Mary.He died on June 8, 1806.
John Lansing Jr.
John was born in January 30th 1754 . Lansing was elected to the New York State Assembly at age twenty-six. He served in the legislature in 1780-84, 1786, and 1788-89. In 1786 and 1789, he was Assembly speaker. In 1786, he was appointed mayor of Albany,he served at City Hall until 1790. he was a representive for new york, he died december 29th 1829. he read law with robert yates. he was a lawyer. he also had been a lower house legislature and part of the conferderation congress.He atteneded the new york ratifying convention and opposed the ratifacation of the Constitution in the year 1788.He arrived June 2nd, and departed July 10th, he never returned. he left because he thought the convention was exceeding its authority.
William Few
William Few attended the Constitutional Convention when he was 39. Born on June 8, 1748, and born in Baltimore, MD. He died July 16, 1826, at the ripe old age of 78. He was a self-taught lawyer, and had many occupations, such as a politician, a public security interest, a real estate speculation, a farmer, and a lawyer. He had a lot of prior political experience, such as a Georgia Surveyor General in 1776, or a Georgia Sate Executive Council Member through 1777 to 1778. His one committee assignment was the Committee of Trade. His new Government Participation included attending the Georgia Ratification convention, and supported ratification of the Constitution. He served as a Senator from 1789 to 1793. He willingly contributed to the Constitution, by arriving May 25, and serving in the Confederation Congress during July. He didn’t play a very active role in the Convention, but William Pierce said, “Mr. Few possesses a strong natural genius, and from application has acquired some knowledge of legal matters.”
Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney was born on October 26, 1757 in Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the constitutional convention. His schooling is unknown. He was a lawyer/planter/ slave holder/ lending and investments/and public security interests. He was a member in the continental congress. He was in the confederation congress as well and the state legislature in South Carolina. He was a democratic-republican. He believed in continuing the slave trade. He believed in the Virginia Plan. He later died in October 29,1824.
James McClurg
James McClurg
James McClurg was one of the delegates of Virginia. At the time he was forty one. He was born in 1746 and died in 1823 on July 9. He went to the college of William and Mary 1762, Edinburgh (M.D.) 1770. He was a doctor, public Security Interests, Professor of medicine at college of William and Mary. He had no prior political experience and no committee assignments. He contributed to the convention on May 15 when he arrived and departed in July 21 to never return. Supposedly he tried to speak once or twice but with not much success. He did not serve in the government.
Alexander Martin
Alexander MartinAlexander Martin was one of the delegates of North Carolina. He opposed the constitution and did not sign it. He was considered an enemy of the constitution because of his oppositions. When he attended the convention he was forty seven years old. He was born in 1740 and died in the year of 1807. He went toPrinceton in 1756. He had many occupations such as planter, lawyer, polition, and an educator. He was state upper house of North Carolina, acting governer of North Carolina, speaker of the house, and governor of North Carolina for previous political experience. He arrived on May 25 and left August 25. He never returned to the convention. William Pierce said that he was a man of sense and was a great polititian but had no interest in speaking. Served as one of the first senators of North Carolina.
March 4, 2008
Day 5 in the Tetons
At last day 5. After a fun filled night Thursday night waking up at the usual 6:30 was getting a little more difficult. Our last breakfast at the school and time for some MAJOR cleaning up! The students cleaned the dining hall from top to bottom and then returned to our dorm lodge to clean that too. After about an hour of heavy duty cleaning we headed back to the computer labs to finish up the research projects.
At 10:45 we got back together in the dining hall to present our research. Each group respectfully listened and presented their research topics to each other.
Finally finishing our projects we said Goodbye to our wonderful teachers and hosts at the Teton school and headed back to Park City. 4 hours later and to our surprise of snowy snowy roads we arrived home… all in one piece.
Ms. Zarnetske, Mr. Nigohosian and Miss Stark would like to thank all the students who participated in this experience we hope that it was a learning and growing experience for all of you!
Stay tuned for more educational video, student videos and photos from the trip.
March 3, 2008
Day 4 in the Tetons
Today was an exciting day for the teachers. It was RESEARCH day! To some students this may illicit a grown, but this was a different type of scientific research. They got to chose their own topics to research and spend the day conducting that research. The best part of that was that all the work was done outside under sunny skies. One group decided to compare the biotic activity in a burned area to the biotic activity in an unburned area. Both were within Grand Teton National Park.
The second group decided to compare the snowpack on a north facing aspect to the snowpack on a south-facing aspect. To the students, this meant lots of fun in the snow and digging deep holes to study in. They examined the temperature of the snow, the density, the snow crystal type, and the overall depth of the pack.
After a long day of work in the field, we returned to the Teton Science School computer labs to analyze our data and prepare a powerpoint presentation to share with the other group during our last session Friday morning. From a teacher’s perspective, this was a beautiful culmination of the week’s science content, athletic endeavors, and team-unity. The students did an excellent job and stayed engaged throughout the entire experience.
February 26, 2008
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February 21, 2008
Day 3 in the Tetons!
Hi All,
What an exhausting day! Each morning the sleep in time seems to get a little later. Today everyone was stirring by about 7:05. After a hearty breakfast we broke into our groups and got ready to go snow shoeing for the day. We headed out to Grand Teton National Park where we hiked round trip 6 miles to Taggert Lake and back. While on our hike we learned about snow science, glaciers and fire.
After the long hiking day we returned for a delicious dinner and a little rest. Next it was time for Art and Ecology. Students learned about how art is used in science by making detailed sketches of animals they find in the wild. Kristen our host teacher explained the importance of journaling and keeping detailed notes such as when, where, who and how things happened. That way possibly hundreds of years from now people can look at our journals and see what may have changed.
The lesson wrapped up with the last viewing of a lunar eclipse until December of 2010. It was quite a site to see. After that, shower time and off to bed, it’s our last day and we want to be well rested!
Thanks,
Ms. Zarnetske and Miss Stark
February 19, 2008
Day 2 in the Tetons
Hi All!
Students tell me about the best part of tracking animals today… what did you learn and what was cool about it?
From Ms. Zarnetske and Miss Stark…
Today we woke up to another sunny beautiful day! The students got ready and we headed out to Kelly to the other Teton Science School campus. There we saw young moose that had most likely been abandoned by it’s mother. We also saw numerous Elk, Deer and Coyotes. After a quick stop at the other campus we went to our site for the morning to learn to track animals.
The students tracked a coyote, shrew, grouse, weasel and a mouse. After a bite of lunch we headed off to the Elk Refuge and the visitor center to learn about bears and elk. Soon we’ll have the bear beware video loaded for all to see.
The evening program consisted of a night hike and a discussion about our senses versus those of animals who are nocturnal. Students were asked to get in touch with there senses and hike by moon light for a quarter of a mile alone. It proved to be an excellent experience and a nice moment of silence for us teachers.
More fun tomorrow, but now it’s time for bed!
February 18, 2008
Day 1 in the Tetons!
Write about your experience today XC skiing, learning about SCAR, habitats and communications…
From Ms. Z and Miss Stark-
We arrived safe and sound in Jackson and got settled into our lodges. Had we had a great dinner, Lasagna! After dinner the students were engaged in a lesson about ecosystems, we had a great night!
6:30 seemed to arrive earlier than expected, but everyone was up and ready to go. We all made it over to breakfast and found out that 40 4th graders would be joining us at the school. We would now need to be excellent role models for the younger campers.
We were fitted with our cross-country skiing gear and left for Teton National Park. Six miles of skiing and fun with a break for lunch and we were all experts on animal adaptations in the harsh Teton winter climate.
Returning back to the lodges a little later than expected we hurried as quickly as possible to get ready for dinner. Another delicious dinner, Tacos! After dinner, we had a long discussion about Communication Chaos, an excellent topic for our team!
Now it’s time to wind down and get ready for some sleep.
Stay tuned for student posts, pictures and links to video.