About 34 out of 55 were lawyers in the Constitutional Convention. About 34 out of 55 were lawyers in the Constitutional Convention.
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There has only been one Constitution Convention in US history, held in 1787. Article V of the Constitution provides that a convention can be held whenever two-thirds of the state legislatures call for one, but this hasn't happened since the Constitution was ratified.
The members of the Philadelphia Convention were George Washington, the most respected & honored main in the country, James Madison, often called the "Father of the Constitution", and Benjamin Franklin, was 81 and in poor health. There were also many more.
The first United States Constitution was called the "Articles of Confederation" which was passed in 1777 and ratified in 1781. There were many problems with the first constitution which led to the Second Constitutional Convention starting in 1786.
did not include bill of rights