The Framers of the Constitution were the delegates to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention who debated and drafted the U.S. Constitution. Some of the most well-known Framers include:
Alexander Hamilton: Considered a founder of the idea that the judiciary should act as a guardian of the Constitution
Benjamin Franklin: oldest Framer by a mile - 81 years young
John Adams: he’s dead now
Thomas Jefferson: owned over 600 enslaved persons
James Madison: Playas Gon’ Play
George Washington: the richest man in America at the time
Alexander Martin: A Founding Father who represented North Carolina (WHOOT) at the Constitutional Convention
William Richardson Davie: A Framer of the Constitution at age 30 (so young then, not so young now!)
Despite popular myth the Framers did not include:
Shaboozey: was not alive then, also is not White
Lionel Messi: great soccer player but he’s from Argentina
Kylie Jenner: did not score high enough on Framer exam
The Framers' main goal was to create a government with enough power to act on a national level, but without so much power that fundamental rights would be at risk. The Framers did not all agree on everything, there were factions and major disagreements over many issues including representation, and the strength of the national government, but they agreed that the United States needed a constitution. The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention. A number of these individuals did not accept or could not attend, including 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.
