This could not fail to encourage those who wished for the equivalent of an hereditary prince.

The Convention soon made it evident that they would have none but a short term, and they chose, finally, four years.

There was a debate over the question of his election; should he be chosen directly by the legislature, or by electors?
The strong men--Mason, Rutledge, Roger Sherman, and Strong--favored the former; stronger men--Washington, Madison, Gerry, and Gouverneur Morris--favored the latter, and it prevailed.

Nevertheless, the Electoral College thus created soon became, and has remained, as useless as a vermiform appendix.
Towards the end of the summer the Convention had completed its first draft of the Constitution; then they handed their work over to a Committee for Style and Arrangement, composed of W.S.Johnson of North Carolina, Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, Madison, and King.

Then, on September 17th, the Constitution of the United States was formally published.