Judicial review
Gold Member
- Banned
- #21
My main favorites are Ben Franklin, Adams the Elder, Gouverneur and Robert Morris, Elbridge Gerry, John Sherman, and George Mason. Of those most people name frequently, probably Madison and Monroe, barely. I define the Signers of The Declaration and the delegates to the 1787 Convention as 'Founders', a rather broad definition.
And no, Paine was not a Founder, in my definition; many of the most famous from that era were certainly noteworthy Patriots, but not 'Founders', though often lumped with them. Others have narrower definitions of who could be considered 'Founders', but imo I prefer the broader one I stated here. I'm not particularly fond of any of the Federalists outside of some the New England faction, especially Hamilton.
Dante - Case in point.