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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 4: John Dickinson

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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 4: John Dickinson
John Dickinson (1732–1808). Etching (1888) by Albert Rosenthal, after a painting by Charles Willson Peale. New York Public Library Digital Collections
Rob Natelson
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Commentary
Like James Madison, the subject of the previous essay in this series, John Dickinson was one of those Founders about whom it could be said that “without him, we probably would not have a Constitution.” However, Madison’s contribution is justly renowned, while Dickinson’s has been unfairly overlooked.
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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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