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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 10: Gouverneur Morris

The Founders and the Constitution, Part 10: Gouverneur Morris
Portrait of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), from 1817. Ezra Ames/Avery Library, New York/Public Domain
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Gouverneur Morris was a “chick magnet.” He was tall, handsome, witty, and rich. Even scalding damage to his right arm, loss of his lower leg in a traffic accident, and reliance on a wooden prosthesis for walking didn’t impair his success with women.
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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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