GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
\ɡˌuːvənˈɜː mˈɒɹɪs], \ɡˌuːvənˈɜː mˈɒɹɪs], \ɡ_ˌuː_v_ə_n_ˈɜː m_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
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United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
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A famous American statesman; born at Morrisania, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1752; died there, Nov. 6, 1816. He was member of the Continental Congress, 1777-80; of the committee that drafted the Constitution, 1787; minister to France, 1792-94; United States Senator from New York, 1800-3. He was noted for ability both in political thought and political action. Specimens of his writing can be seen in Jared Sparks's "Memoirs of Gouverneur Morris" (3 vols., 1832), Annie Cary Morris's "Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris" (2 vols., 1889), etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner