delegates
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After the war Gouverneur Morris was tapped by Pennsylvania to be one of its delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Late in the convention, the delegates adopted the additional phrase “or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” in important part to expand the reach of impeachable corruption beyond technical bribery.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
This means it would also be a time of nervousness for delegates as they look around the room with its "empty chairs" following the scale of recent purges within the Party.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Yet it’s unclear how many were able to attend, with some delegates forced to drive hours across the desert from Bahrain or Jordan to reach Riyadh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In 1865, while white legislators gathered in Raleigh to revise the state constitution, 117 black delegates representing half of all the state’s counties met across town.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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