Nicholas Gilman - Signers Of The U.S. Constitution Canvas Print

Although he was regarded as one of the best looking and most elegant men in New Hampshire, Nicholas Gilman was one of the three bachelors to sign the United States Constitution. He was born to a very prominent New Hampshire family in 1755. His associates seemed to regard him as a self-seeking politician who preferred the titles of the offices he won to the work they entailed. He was chosen by theNew Hampshire state legislature as one of its delegates to the Congress of the Confederation from 1786 to 1788. When the Constitutional Convention was called to meet in Philadelphia in 1787, the New Hampshire treasury was so low on funds that no money could be appropriated to pay the expenses of delegates to the meeting. However, John Langdon, the wealthiest man in the state, volunteered to pay his own and Gilman's expenses to the Convention. Gilman apparently took little or no part in the discussions at the Convention, and signed the Constitution without comment. He was then elected as one of...