On this day, Georgia’s House of Assembly appointed William Few, Abraham Baldwin, William Pierce, George Walton, William Houston, and Nathaniel Pendleton as the state’s commissioners to attend the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention. Among them, William Few and Abraham Baldwin—both of whom would sign the U.S. Constitution—were notable figures in early American history. Baldwin, in particular, played a key role in shaping the structure of the U.S. Congress and later became the first president of the University of Georgia.
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