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'''Gouverneur Morris''' (January 31, 1752 - – November 6, 1816) was a statesman, ambassador, orator, senator, [[Founding Fathers|Founding Father]], and the person most responsible for the wording of [[the Constitution]] as the head of the Committee on Style. He also spoke more at the [[Constitutional Convention]] than any other delegate.
Born in New York, Morris was educated by French [[Huguenots]] and graduated from King's College (now [[Columbia University]]). He was once defeated in an election because he was suspected of being pro-British in the 1770s. Morris helped finance the [[Revolutionary War]], however, and he was an advocate for a strong central government afterwards, including election of a [[U.S. President|president for life]]. An [[Episcopalian]], Morris had a deep faith in God and felt that He intervenes in the world.
==Later life==
Mr. Morris, at an early period, gave special and sagacious attention to the project of that grand canal by which the state of New York has been so much honored and benefited. In the summer of 1810, he examined the canal route to lake Lake Erie. The share which he had in originating and promoting the [[Erie Canal]], is stated in the regular history which has been published of its conception and progress. In May, 1812, he pronounced a public and impressive eulogium on the venerable George Clinton; in the same year, an oration before the New York historical society; in 1814, another on the restoration of the Bourbons in France; in 1816, a discourse before the New York historical society.
==Death and Legacy==