In The Men Who Made the Constitution constitutional scholar John R. Vileexplores the lives and contributions of all delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention including those who left before the Convention ended and those who stayed until the last day but refused to sign. Each biography records the delegateamprsquos birth education previous positions or public service roles homes family life life after the Convention death and resting place. Drawing directly from Convention debates and a vast array of secondary sources Vile covers the positions of each delegate at the Convention on both major and minor issues and describes his service on committees and afterward at state ratification conventions.