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Apr 30, 2000 · HISTORY. George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights. This wise Virginian was a friend to four future presidents, yet he refused to sign the Constitution. Stephan A....
George Mason. Date of Birth - Death December 11, 1725 - October 7, 1792. George Mason was born on December 11, 1725 in present day Fairfax County, Virginia. His father, George Mason III, died in 1735 when his boat capsized as he crossed the Potomac River.
Dec 22, 2021 · SUMMARY. George Mason was a wealthy planter and an influential lawmaker who served as a member of the Fairfax County Court (1747–1752; 1764–1789), the Truro Parish vestry (1749–1785), the House of Burgesses (1758–1761), and the House of Delegates (1776–1780).
Category: Founders. George Mason’s ideas helped to shape the Founding documents of the United States, but few Americans remember him today. The words he used when writing the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution of 1776 inspired the nation’s Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.
George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Along with James Madison, he is called the "Father of the Bill of Rights". [1] . George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed specific rights of citizens.
Renowned for his authorship of the Virginia Declaration of Rights,and the Virginia Bill of Rights and Constitution, George Mason became an advocate for the rights of colonists by the 1760s and flourished through the 1770s.
George Mason ( December 11, 1725 [ O.S. November 30, 1725] – October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates present who refused to sign the Constitution.
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