vote and the election to Livingston. Livingston won seven states, compared to three for Lee and two for McClurg. When Patrick Henry refused to attend the Philadelphia Convention, Virginia's legislature selected McClurg as a delegate along with George Washington, George Mason, James Madison, Edmund Randolph and George Wythe. McClurg thus became one of three physicians (with Hugh Williamson and James McHenry) involved in crafting the U.S. Constitution. McClurg advocated increased executive powers while at the Convention, but returned to Virginia in early August. He never returned, worried that his "vote would only operate to produce a division, & so destroy the vote of the state", and thus did not sign the final draft when finished in September 1787. President Washington later considered nominating him as Secretary of State, after Thomas Jefferson resigned. McClurg served on Virginia's Executive Council during Washington's administration. A Richmond city councilman for more than a dozen years, McClurg was elected Mayor of Richmond for three terms, first in 1797. Personal life James McClurg was born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia in 1746 to Walter McClurg, a British naval surgeon. In 1779 he married Elizabeth Seldon with whom he had two children. His daughter Elizabeth Selden McClurg eventually married John Wickham, a celebrated Richmond attorney. Widowed in 1818, McClurg left his practice to his nephew, James Drew McCaw, who was also a physician. Although a Presbyterian, McClurg is buried at St. John's Church in Richmond. He died on July 9, 1823 in Richmond. Publications See also List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia References External links Biography at odur.let.rug.nl 1746 births 1823 deaths Mayors of Richmond, Virginia American Presbyterians College of William & Mary alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh College of William & Mary faculty Virginia colonial people 18th-century American physicians Burials in Virginia United States Navy Medical Corps officers Members of the American Philosophical Society Founding Fathers of the United States