An Empire of Reason

Cokie Roberts

Self - Host

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self

John Chancellor

Self

Phil Donahue

Self

Robert MacNeil

Self

Andrea Mitchell

Self

Al Roker

Self

Forrest Sawyer

Self

Jamey Sheridan

Daniel Shays

Ed Koch

Mayor of New York City, 1788

James Rebhorn

Jesse Woodhull

Mario Cuomo

Self

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Self

François Giroday

Alexander Hamilton

Christopher Curry

John Lansing, Jr.

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Gov. George Clinton

Sol Wachtler

John Jay

Drew Snyder

Demonstrator

Joseph Warren

Robert Yates

John C. Vennema

Robert R. Livingston

E.G. Marshall

Federalist Spokesman

Rex Robbins

Isaac Roosevelt

Edwin McDonough

Donahue Audience Member

Richard Bright

Donahue Audience Member

Richard Seff

Donahue Audience Member

William Duell

Donahue Audience Member

MacIntyre Dixon

Donahue Audience Member

Patrick Clear

Donahue Audience Member

Eli Wallach

Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Roberts Blossom

Melancton Smith

Guy Paul

Convention Secretary

Jonathan Bolt

Anti-Federalist Delegate

Stu Daly

Voice-over Announcer