Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796)

Despite his lack of education, he was a wealthy merchant and excellent debater. He served in the state legislature, national Congress and judge of the Middlesex Court of Common Pleas. He played an important procedural role in the Convention, first as chairman of the Committee of the Whole and as a member of the five-member Committee of Detail.

Statesman
In the summer of 1787, he was one of two delegates representing New Hampshire at the Constitutional Convention.