On this episode of Our American Stories, most Americans know the phrase “We the People,” but few know the man who wrote it. Gouverneur Morris, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, shaped more of the Constitution’s text than almost anyone else. Historian and Jack Miller Center Fellow Dennis C. Rasmussen tells the story of this overlooked Founding Father, known as the “Penman of the Constitution,” whose words gave America its most famous beginning.

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<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, most Americans know the phrase &ldquo;We the People,&rdquo; but few know the man who wrote it. Gouverneur Morris, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, shaped more of the Constitution&rsquo;s text than almost anyone else. Historian and Jack Miller Center Fellow Dennis C. Rasmussen tells the story of this overlooked Founding Father, known as the &ldquo;Penman of the Constitution,&rdquo; whose words gave America its most famous beginning.</p>
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The Forgotten Founding Father Who Wrote “We the People”

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