| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Bedford, Gunning, Jr. |
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| 1747–1812, American political leader, b. Philadelphia. Settling in Delaware, Bedford became a member of the local legislature, attorney general (1784–89), and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1783–85). At the Federal Constitutional Convention (1787) he opposed a strong central government and was a vigorous champion of the rights of small states. |
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