[Rodney King]

This time the convention was under the leadership of Southerners and they brought forth the document we all refer to as the U.S. Constitution

Alexander Hamilton was a New Yorker.

[WhiskeyPapa]

The whole article is full of nonsense. I didn't see, but I guess FR has a humor section. I should haev posted this there.

Walt

[Leesylvanian]

Alexander Hamilton was a New Yorker.

Don't get me wrong, I think Hamilton is one of the most underrated of our Founders, but, the President of the Convention was George Washington, James Madison has as much or more input into the document as anyone, George Mason wrote the Virginia Bill or Rights upon which the first ten amendments were based (and it was his resistance to signing the U.S. Const. that created the necessity of a Bill of Rights being promised to ensure ratification).

Southerners simply contributed more to the founding of the country when you look at individual contributions.

[Jeff Smith]

And the the man behind the "Connecticut Compromise" was certainly not a Southerner. LOL. Guess that slipped the author's mind.

[PhilipFreneau]

Alexander Hamilton was a New Yorker.

Hamilton's tactics (and antics) in the Washington administration caused Madison to leave the Federalist Party and team up with Jefferson to form the first Republican Party. While Hamilton does not deserve all the "credit", his Federalist Party was doomed to fail. Even John Adams blamed his defeat (for a second term) on the (his) Federalist Party.