ixon ▁line ▁before ▁their ▁arrival ▁in ▁the ▁Indiana ▁Territ ory . ▁The ▁young est ▁delegate ▁( Jose ph ▁Hol man ▁of ▁Wayne ▁County ) ▁was ▁twenty - e ight ; ▁the ▁oldest ▁was ▁fifty - e ight . ▁Ele ven ▁deleg ates ▁had ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁territorial ▁legisl ature ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁had ▁previous ▁legal ▁training . ▁Daniel ▁Gr ass , ▁the ▁sole ▁delegate ▁from ▁W arr ick ▁County , ▁was ▁exc used ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 9 ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁convention ▁due ▁to ▁ill ▁health . ▁ ▁The ▁deleg ation ' s ▁basic ▁tasks ▁included ▁selection ▁of ▁pres iding ▁officers , ▁ad option ▁of ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁convention ▁rules , ▁meet ings ▁in ▁comm itte es ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁group ▁to ▁discuss ▁proposed ▁articles ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁constitution , ▁and ▁ad option ▁of ▁a ▁final ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁document . ▁Although ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁deleg ation ▁did ▁not ▁all ▁agree , ▁a ▁majority ▁group , ▁mostly ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁anti - ter rit orial ▁governor ▁and ▁anti - s la very ▁fa ction , ▁emer ged ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁state hood . ▁The ▁oppos ing ▁consisted ▁mostly ▁of ▁Harrison ' s ▁friends ▁and ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁the ▁territorial ▁legisl ature ▁who ▁opposed ▁state hood . ▁▁ ▁The ▁summer ▁heat ▁often ▁caused ▁the ▁deleg ation ▁to ▁move ▁out do ors ▁and ▁work ▁beneath ▁the ▁sh ade ▁of ▁a ▁giant ▁el m ▁tree ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁mem orial ized ▁as ▁the ▁Constitution ▁El