________ presided over the Philadelphia convention of 1787.
A. James Madison
B. George Washington
C. Gouverneur Morris
D. Edmund Randolph
E. Benjamin Franklin
Answer: B
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A) Administrative Procedures B) Civil Service Reform C) Government in the Sunshine D) Hatch E) Pendleton
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