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===Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention===

===Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention===

Nathaniel Gorham was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1789, and was its president from June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787.  He also served as a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] at Philadelphia in 1787, and frequently presided over convention sessions.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cMhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165 The United States Manual of Biography and History: To which is Prefixed An Introductory History of the United States]</ref>

Nathaniel Gorham was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1789, and was its president from June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787.  He also served as a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] at Philadelphia in 1787, and frequently presided over convention sessions.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cMhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165 The United States Manual of Biography and History: To which is Prefixed An Introductory History of the United States]</ref> Other members of the Massachusetts delegation to the Convention were [[Elbridge Gerry]], [[Rufus King]], and [[Caleb Strong]].

While at the Convention, Washington called him to the chair when that body went into committee of the whole, and as such he presided over the convention during the greater part of its deliberations. The minutes of the convention show that he served on many of the sub-committees, and that he expressed his views with vigor during the many debates. He was a contemporary with Washington, Adams, Hancock, Jay, Clinton and others who shaped the destiny of the new nation, and the fact that he held so many important public offices at a time when no politics prevailed indicates that he was a man of high character, strict integrity and strong mental characteristics.<ref name=cyclopedia />

While at the Convention, Washington called him to the chair when that body went into committee of the whole, and as such he presided over the convention during the greater part of its deliberations. The minutes of the convention show that he served on many of the sub-committees, and that he expressed his views with vigor during the many debates. He was a contemporary with Washington, Adams, Hancock, Jay, Clinton and others who shaped the destiny of the new nation, and the fact that he held so many important public offices at a time when no politics prevailed indicates that he was a man of high character, strict integrity and strong mental characteristics.<ref name=cyclopedia />