Farley, who is a producer on Chrissy Teigen's daytime show, filed for divorce from his wife of 15 years in March. Romantic getaway: De Laurentiis and producer Shane Farley were all smiles as they strolled on the beach. PDA: Giada whispered into her boyfriend's ear as they stopped for a cuddle.
Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. Later, he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution. In 1789 he was Convening Moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
Assembly Room in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, site of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Photo courtesy of Independence National Historical Park. The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock. In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair.