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The Religious Affiliation of
Caleb Strong
a non-signing delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787


Caleb Strong is regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was a delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, at which the U.S. Constitution was adopted and the United States of America was officially formed. He was one of the non-signing deleates at the Convention, meaning that he participated in the Convention but was not one of the signers of the U.S. Constitution. He was a delegate from Massachusetts.

Caleb Strong later served as a U.S. Senator in the First Federal Congress (1789-1791).

Caleb Strong was an Congregationalist.

From: Political Graveyard website (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#R9M0JEB1Z; viewed 7 December 2005):

Strong, Caleb (1745-1819) - of Massachusetts. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 9, 1745. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1776; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1780; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1780; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1789-96; Governor of Massachusetts, 1800-07, 1812-16. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died November 7, 1819. Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.

Note that numerous sources and authoritative references have been consulted in order to ascertain the religious affiliation of the American Founding Fathers. Note that the excerpts and references mentioned on this page are not the only references used in order to identify this person's religious affiliation.



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