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Entry No. 066PoliticsUnited States

Gouverneur MorrisU.S. senator and constitutional draftsman

His given name means governor in French, though he never held that office.

Trade
U.S. senator and constitutional draftsman
Field
Politics
Country
United States
Attached to
United States Senate
Dates
1752–1816
Name origin
French: governor

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Wikipedia lists as inaptronym because he never governed. / Primary drafter of the U.S. Constitution’s final text.

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