Lyle Tayson: Robert Morris

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1977
Image Size: 7.5 by 10.25 inches
Overall Size: 12 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

Robert Morris has the distinction of being one of only two men -- Roger Sherman being the other -- to sign all three of the most important documents of the Revolutionary Era: the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Articles of Confederation in 1778, and the United States Constitution in 1787. In addition to his political career, he became a partner in a leading mercantile enterprise in Philadelphia. In his first election to political office, Morris was chosen by the Pennsylvania legislature as a delegate to the Continental Congress. In 1781, Morris was appointed by Congress as Superintendent of Finance. He became known as "The Financier", and is regarded by many as second in importance only to Washington in winning the Revolutionary War by pledging his personal credit time after time to obtain needed supplies for the Continental Army. At the Constitutional Convention, Morris took little part in the debates. He favored a plan in which the small states would be denied an equal vote, and seconded a motion that members of the Senate should hold terms for life. Morris took an active role in the new goverment of the United States, winning office as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. In his later years he became involved in western land speculation, lost his fortune, and served a term in debtors' prison. Robert Morris died a poor man at the age of seventy-two in 1806.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for The Signers of the Constitution Collection issued on September 17, 1987.

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