In honor of Constitution Day, here is some fun Constitution trivia.
Answers are below.
- How much did Jacob Shallus, a Pennsylvania General Assembly Clerk, get paid to “pen” the Constitution?
- Which state was spelled incorrectly next to the signers’ names on the Constitution?
- Patrick Henry was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention but declined. Why?
- How old was the youngest person to sign the Constitution?
- How old was the oldest person to sign the Constitution?
- Who were the only two presidents to sign the Constitution?
Answers:
- $30, which is $1,027 today
- Pennsylvania, it was spelled “Pensylvania”
- Because he “smelt a rat”
- 26, Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey
- 81, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania
- George Washington and James Madison
Constitution Day Trivia!