1 - Robert Yates (NY)

#1 - Robert Yates (NY)
Birthplace: Schenectady, NY
Age at Convention: 49

Note: Delegate to the Congress, but did not sign the Constitution because he opposed it's ratification.

1) Religion
-- Unable to find documenation indicating an active religious life

2) Slavery
-- Opposed slavery
-- Made a conscious attempt to make slavery an issue at the Philadelphia Convention

3) Upbringing
-- Eldest of 12 children
-- Received a classical education
-- Admitted to New York bar in 1760

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/yates.html
2) http://books.google.com/books?id=1Ui-eB5C8zsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=robert+yates+slavery&source=web&ots=Gxanf7OLcy&sig=tHN2wjnrZ6o38um_xhNXdH1OtyM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA67,M1
3) http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/y/ryates.html
4) http://www.adherents.com/people/py/Robert_Yates.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (37) or Primarily Secular (18)
2) Abolitionist (19), Partial Abolitionist (26) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (33)