This man's namesake great-grandson wrote the pulp novel that was adapted into the Lon Chaney Sr
This man's namesake great-grandson wrote the pulp novel that was adapted into the Lon Chaney Sr. film The Penalty. He died after attempting to manually alleviate a urinary tract blockage with a whalebone, while an earlier attempt to escape a romantic liaison left him with a wooden peg-leg. Though it was mostly led by Dewitt Clinton, this man was appointed the first president of the Erie Canal Commission. He refused to intercede on behalf of Thomas Paine during his term as minister to France, a role in which he was succeeded by James Monroe. He served in the Senate for his home state of New York, though he represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention, where he gave the most speeches of any delegate and served as an amanuensis. For 10 points, name this early American Federalist who wrote the preamble to, and much of the text of, the Constitution.
This man's namesake great-grandson wrote the pulp novel that was adapted into the Lon Chaney Sr
Gouverneur {Morris}