Biographical sketches of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
Connecticut: Samuel Huntington, * Roger Sherman, William Williams and Oliver Wolcott
Delaware: Thomas McKean, * George Read and Caesar Rodney
Georgia: Button Gwinett, Lyman Hall and George Walton
Maryland: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Samuel Chase, William Paca and Thomas Stone
Massachusetts: John Adams, Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton and William Whipple
New Jersey: Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, Richard Stockton and John Witherspoon
New York: William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston and Lewis Morris
North Carolina: Joseph Hewes, William Hooper and John Penn
Pennsylvania: * George Clymer, * Benjamin Franklin, * Robert Morris, John Morton, George Ross, Benjamin Rush, James Smith, George Taylor and * James Wilson
Rhode Island: William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins
South Carolina: Thomas Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., Arthur Middleton and Edward Rutledge
Virginia: Carter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Nelson Jr. and George Wythe
* Those who signed both The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
Delegates and Signers of the Constitution:
Connecticut: # Oliver Ellsworth, Wm. Samuel Johnson and * Roger Sherman
Delaware: Richard Bassett, Gunning Bedford Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson and *George Read
Georgia: Abraham Baldwin, William Few, # William Houstoun, and # William L. Pierce
Maryland: Daniel Carroll, # Luther Martin, James McHenry, # John F. Mercer and Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer
Massachusetts: # Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King and # Caleb Strong
New Hampshire: Nicholas Gilman and John Langdon
New Jersey: David Brearley, Jonathan Dayton, # William C. Houston, William Livingston and William Paterson
New York: # John Lansing Jr., Alexander Hamilton and # Robert Yates
North Carolina: William Blount, # William R. Davie, # Alexander Martin, Richard Dobbs Spaight and Hugh Williamson
Pennsylvania: * George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, * Benjamin Franklin, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Mifflin, * Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris and * James Wilson
Rhode Island: No Delegation
South Carolina: Pierce Butler, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pickney and John Rutledge
Virginia: John Blair, James Madison Jr., # George Mason, # James McClurg, # Edmund Randolph, Governor, George Washington and # George Wythe
Attest: William Jackson, Secretary
* Those who signed both The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
# Those who attend the Constitutional Convention but did not sign.
