" 25. 
Delaware, 20 Geo. Reed, " 25.
21 G. Bedford, Jr. " 28.
22 John Dickinson, " 28.
23 Richard Bassett, " 25.
24 Jacob Broom, " 25. 
Maryland, 25 James M’Henry, " 29.
26 Daniel of St. Tho.  Jenifer, June 2.
27 Daniel Carroll, July 9. 
John F. Mercer, Aug. 6. 
Luther Martin, June 9. 
Virginia, 28 G. Washington, May 25.
Patrick Henry, (declined.)
Edmund Randolph, " 25.
29 John Blair, " 25.
30 Jas. Madison, Jr. " 25. 
George Mason, " 25. 
George Wythe, " 25. 
James McClurg, (in
room P. Henry) " 25. 
North Carolina, Rich’d Caswell (resigned). 
Alex’r Martin, May 25. 
Wm. R. Davie, " 25.
31 Wm. Blount (in room
of R. Caswell), June 20.
Willie Jones (declined).
32 R. D. Spaight, May 25.
33 Hugh Williamson, (in
room of W. Jones,) May 25. 
South Carolina, 34 John Rutledge, " 25.
35 Chas. C. Pinckney, " 25.
36 Chas. Pinckney, " 25.
37 Peirce Butler, " 25. 
Georgia, 38 William Few, " 25.
39 Abr’m Baldwin, June 11. 
William Pierce, May 31.
George Walton. 
Wm. Houston, June 1.
Nath’l Pendleton.

Those with numbers before their names signed the Constitution. 39
Those in italics never attended. 10
Members who attended, but did not sign the Constitution, 16
          
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Extract from a Speech of Luther Martin, (delivered before the Legislature of Maryland,) one of the delegates from Maryland to the Convention that formed the Constitution of the United States.

With respect to that part of the second section of the first Article, which relates to the apportionment of representation and direct taxation, there were considerable objections made to it, besides the great objection of inequality—­It was urged, that no principle could justify taking slaves into computation in apportioning the number of representatives a state should have in the government—­That it involved the absurdity of increasing the power of a state in making laws for free men in proportion