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Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to confront a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as defined by the Article of Confederation.etween Madisonâs initial call for the states to send delegates to Annapolis and the presentation of Madisonâs Virginia plan for a new government to the convention in Philadelphia, a fundamental shift in the aims of the convention process had taken place.
Assembly Room in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, site of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Photo courtesy of Independence National Historical Park. The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock. In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair.