The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were responsible for drafting the US Constitution. There were 55 delegates but only 39 signed the Constitution.
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39 delegates signed the US Constitution.
To select delegates to the county convention, which in turn selects delegates to the state convention.
To see the delegates by state : http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marryff.html Richard Ellis
55 attended off and on.
The people that are selected by state governments to represent the needs of the people are senators. Congressmen are also selected to represent the peoples needs.
The President was George Washington was the 1st president and he had no competitor. So he won by default.
The primary election was introduced during the Jacksonian era.
Caucuses. The delegates all attend the national party convention at the end of summer/beginning of fall and formally cast their votes for the candidates they already pledged their vote to. Candidates often drop out as the primaries go on if they feel they are not going to win. The delegates awarded to them then have to vote for someone else at the convention.
In the recent past, primaries were used both to select delegates and to
each state
There are 100 delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates.
The final delegate selection to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention or the Grand Convention, at the time) from the 13 states totaled 55. By state: * 8 from Virginia * 4 from New Jersey * 8 from Pennsylvania * 5 from North Carolina * 5 from Delaware * 4 from Georgia * 3 from New York * 4 from South Carolina * 4 from Massachusetts * 3 from Connecticut * 5 from Maryland * 2 from New Hampshire * 0 from Rhode Island Originally, different delegates were selected by Virginia, but three refused. Rhode Island declined to send any delegates. When the "Grand Convention" convened in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, most delegates hadn't arrived. By the 25th, however, there was a quorum, of 7 states, represented, and the convention began. Many delegates arrived weeks or months late, and others left early before the final voting. When the final version of a new Constitution was submitted for signing, on September 17, 39 men put their pens to the document.
100 delegates
Caucuses- As a nominating device, a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election.
At the time of the DNC Convention, each candidate will have had the opportunity to win as many delegates as are practical. All committed delegates are supposedly required to vote for their candidate on the first ballot. If there is no victor, they move to a second ballot. Everybody is allowed to switch. At the time of the voting, the super delegates come into play. They are the party loyalists who are selected by the politically powerful within the Democrat Party. For example, every Democrat in each house is a super delegate. The votes of the committed delegates are clear, prior to the voting. In the Democrat Party, the committed delegates can change their mind prior to the first ballot. The super delegates have votes that are not tied to the elected delegates. The super delegates are required to vote as they are told or face party discipline. These super delegates have votes that are above and beyond the numbers tallied by the contestants. That is, they are 'ADDED TO the totals already there.' It is because of these super delegates one can surmise the standard bearer will be the distaff candidate. Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080303102945AA1a828