page_title: Constitutional convention (political meeting)
hierarchical_section_title: Constitutional convention (political meeting)
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: George Washington předsedající Filadelfskému ústavnímu konventu (stojí na stupínku). English: George Washington presiding the Philadelphia Convention Depicted people&#58; &#32;George Washington , Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin &#32;– among others: see image notes or File:KeySceneAtTheSigningOfTheConstitutionOfTheUnitedStates.jpg.
context_page_description: A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.
  Members of a constitutional convention are often, though not necessarily or entirely, elected by popular vote. However, a wholly popularly-elected constitutional convention can also be referred to as a constituent assembly.
context_section_description: A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. 
  Members of a constitutional convention (sometimes referred to as "delegates" to a constitutional convention) are often, though not necessarily or entirely, elected by popular vote. However, a wholly popularly-elected constitutional convention can also be referred to as a constituent assembly.
caption: Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy (1940)
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