History
56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence (sortable by column header)
39 Signers of the Constitution (6 signed both)
|
First
|
Last
|
State Rep.
|
Date of Birth
|
Birthplace
|
Age in 1776
|
Occupation
|
Date of Death
|
Signed
Decl |
Signed
Const |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
John
|
Adams
|
MA
|
10/30/1735
|
Quincy, MA
|
40
|
Lawyer
|
7/4/1826
|
x
|
|
|
MA
|
9/27/1722
|
Boston, MA
|
53
|
Merchant
|
10/2/1803
|
x
|
|
||
|
Josiah
|
Bartlett
|
NH
|
11/21/1729
|
Amesbury,MA
|
46
|
Physician
|
5/19/1795
|
x
|
|
|
Carter
|
Braxton
|
VA
|
9/10/1736
|
Newington, VA
|
39
|
Plantation Owner
|
10/10/1797
|
x
|
|
|
Charles
|
Carroll of Carrollton
|
MD
|
9/19/1737
|
Annapolis, MD
|
38
|
Merchant, Plantation Owner
|
11/14/1832
|
x
|
|
|
Samuel
|
Chase
|
MD
|
4/17/1741
|
Somerset Co., MD
|
35
|
Lawyer
|
6/19/1811
|
x
|
|
|
Abraham
|
Clark
|
NJ
|
2/15/1726
|
Elizabethtown, NJ
|
50
|
Lawyer, Surveyer
|
9/15/1794
|
x
|
|
|
George
|
Clymer
|
PA
|
3/16/1739
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
37
|
Merchant
|
1/24/1813
|
x
|
x
|
|
William
|
Ellery
|
RI
|
12/22/1727
|
Newport, RI
|
48
|
Lawyer, Merchant
|
2/15/1820
|
x
|
|
|
William
|
Floyd
|
NY
|
12/17/1734
|
Brookhaven, NY
|
41
|
Land Speculator
|
8/4/1821
|
x
|
|
|
PA
|
1/17/1706
|
Boston, MA
|
70
|
Scientist, Printer
|
4/17/1790
|
x
|
x
|
||
|
Elbridge
|
Gerry
|
MA
|
7/17/1744
|
Marblehead, MA
|
32
|
Merchant
|
11/23/1814
|
x
|
|
|
Button
|
Gwinnett
|
GA
|
c. 1735
|
Gloucester, England
|
41
|
Merchant, Plantation Owner
|
5/15/1777
|
x
|
|
|
Lyman
|
Hall
|
GA
|
4/12/1724
|
Wallingford, CT
|
52
|
Physician, Minister
|
10/19/1790
|
x
|
|
|
John
|
Hancock
|
MA
|
1/12/1737
|
Quincy, MA
|
40
|
Merchant
|
10/8/1793
|
x
|
|
|
Benjamin
|
Harrison
|
VA
|
4/7/1726
|
Charles City Co., VA
|
50
|
Plantation Owner, Farmer
|
4/24/1791
|
x
|
|
|
John
|
Hart
|
NJ
|
c. 1711
|
Hunterdon Co., NJ
|
65
|
Land owner
|
5/11/1779
|
x
|
|
|
Joseph
|
Hewes
|
NC
|
1/23/1730
|
Kingston, NJ
|
46
|
Merchant
|
10/10/1779
|
x
|
|
|
Thomas
|
Heyward Jr.
|
SC
|
7/28/1746
|
St. Helena Parish, SC
|
30
|
Lawyer, Plantation Owner
|
3/6/1809
|
x
|
|
|
William
|
Hooper
|
NC
|
6/17/1742
|
Boston, MA
|
34
|
Lawyer
|
10/14/1790
|
x
|
|
|
Stephen
|
Hopkins
|
RI
|
3/7/1707
|
Providence, RI
|
69
|
Merchant
|
4/13/1785
|
x
|
|
|
Francis
|
Hopkinson
|
NJ
|
10/2/1737
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
38
|
Lawyer, Musician
|
5/9/1791
|
x
|
|
|
Samuel
|
Huntington
|
CT
|
7/3/1731
|
Windham, CT
|
45
|
Lawyer
|
1/5/1796
|
x
|
|
|
VA
|
4/13/1743
|
Albemarle Co., VA
|
33
|
Lawyer, Plantation Owner, Scientist
|
7/4/1826
|
x
|
|
||
|
Francis Lightfoot
|
Lee
|
VA
|
10/14/1734
|
Mt. Pleasant, VA
|
41
|
Plantation Owner
|
1/11/1797
|
x
|
|
|
Richard Henry
|
Lee
|
VA
|
1/20/1732
|
Stratford, VA
|
44
|
Plantation Owner, Merchant
|
6/19/1794
|
x
|
|
|
Francis
|
Lewis
|
NY
|
3/21/1713
|
Llandaff, Wales
|
63
|
Merchant
|
12/30/1802
|
x
|
|
|
Philip
|
Livingston
|
NY
|
1/15/1716
|
Albany, NY
|
60
|
Merchant
|
6/12/1778
|
x
|
|
|
Thomas
|
Lynch Jr.
|
SC
|
8/5/1749
|
Prince George’s Parrish, SC
|
26
|
Lawyer
|
c. 1779
|
x
|
|
|
Thomas
|
McKean
|
DE
|
3/19/1735
|
Chester Co., PA
|
42
|
Lawyer
|
6/24/1817
|
x
|
|
|
Arthur
|
Middleton
|
SC
|
6/26/1742
|
Charleston, SC
|
34
|
Plantation Owner
|
1/1/1787
|
x
|
|
|
Lewis
|
Morris
|
NY
|
4/8/1726
|
West Chester Co.,NY
|
50
|
Plantation Owner
|
1/22/1798
|
x
|
|
|
Robert
|
Morris
|
PA
|
1/31/1734
|
Liverpool, England
|
42
|
Merchant, Land Speculator
|
5/8/1806
|
x
|
x
|
|
John
|
Morton
|
PA
|
c. 1724
|
Ridley Township, PA
|
52
|
Farmer
|
c. 1777
|
x
|
|
|
Thomas
|
Nelson Jr.
|
VA
|
12/26/1738
|
Yorktown, VA
|
37
|
Merchant, Plantation Owner
|
1/4/1789
|
x
|
|
|
William
|
Paca
|
MD
|
10/31/1740
|
Abington, MD
|
35
|
Lawyer, Plantation Owner
|
10/13/1799
|
x
|
|
|
Robert Treat
|
Paine
|
MA
|
3/11/1731
|
Boston, MA
|
45
|
Lawyer, Scientist
|
5/12/1814
|
x
|
|
|
John
|
Penn
|
NC
|
5/6/1740
|
Carolina Co., VA
|
36
|
Lawyer
|
9/14/1788
|
x
|
|
|
George
|
Read
|
DE
|
9/18/1733
|
Northeast MD
|
42
|
Lawyer
|
9/21/1798
|
x
|
x
|
|
Caesar
|
Rodney
|
DE
|
10/7/1728
|
Dover, DE
|
47
|
Plantation Owner, Military Officer
|
6/29/1784
|
x
|
|
|
George
|
Ross
|
PA
|
5/10/1730
|
New Castle, DE
|
46
|
Lawyer
|
7/14/1779
|
x
|
|
|
Benjamin
|
Rush
|
PA
|
1/4/1746
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
30
|
Physician
|
4/19/1813
|
x
|
|
|
Edward
|
Rutledge
|
SC
|
11/23/1749
|
Christ Church Parish, SC
|
26
|
Lawyer, Plantation Owner
|
1/23/1800
|
x
|
|
|
Roger
|
Sherman
|
CT
|
4/19/1721
|
Newton, MA
|
55
|
Lawyer
|
7/23/1793
|
x
|
x
|
|
James
|
Smith
|
PA
|
c. 1719
|
Northern Ireland
|
57
|
Lawyer
|
7/11/1806
|
x
|
|
|
Richard
|
Stockton
|
NJ
|
10/1/1730
|
Princeton, NJ
|
45
|
Lawyer
|
2/28/1781
|
x
|
|
|
Thomas
|
Stone
|
MD
|
c. 1743
|
Charles Co., MD
|
33
|
Lawyer
|
10/5/1787
|
x
|
|
|
George
|
Taylor
|
PA
|
c. 1716
|
Ireland
|
60
|
Merchant
|
2/23/1781
|
x
|
|
|
Matthew
|
Thornton
|
NH
|
c. 1714
|
Ireland
|
62
|
Physician
|
6/24/1803
|
x
|
|
|
George
|
Walton
|
GA
|
c. 1741
|
Cumberland Co., VA
|
35
|
Lawyer
|
2/2/1804
|
x
|
|
|
William
|
Whipple
|
NH
|
1/14/1730
|
Kittery, ME
|
46
|
Merchant
|
11/28/1785
|
x
|
|
|
William
|
Williams
|
CT
|
4/18/1731
|
Lebannon, CT
|
45
|
Merchant
|
8/2/1811
|
x
|
|
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James
|
Wilson
|
PA
|
9/14/1742
|
Carskerdo, Scotland
|
33
|
Lawyer
|
8/21/1798
|
x
|
x
|
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John
|
Witherspoon
|
NJ
|
2/5/1723
|
Gifford, Scotland
|
53
|
Minister
|
11/15/1794
|
x
|
|
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Oliver
|
Wolcott
|
CT
|
11/20/1726
|
Windsor, CT
|
49
|
Lawyer
|
12/1/1797
|
x
|
|
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George
|
Wythe
|
VA
|
c. 1726
|
Elizabeth City Co., VA
|
50
|
Lawyer
|
6/8/1806
|
x
|
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Abraham
|
Baldwin
|
GA
|
|
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|
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|
|
x
|
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Richard
|
Bassett
|
DE
|
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x
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Gunning
|
Bedford Jr.
|
DE
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x
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John
|
Blair
|
VA
|
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x
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William
|
Blount
|
NC
|
|
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x
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David
|
Brearley
|
NJ
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x
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Jacob
|
Broom
|
DE
|
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|
x
|
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Pierce
|
Butler
|
SC
|
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|
x
|
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Daniel
|
Carroll
|
MD
|
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|
x
|
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Charles
|
Cotesworth Pickney
|
SC
|
|
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x
|
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Jonathan
|
Dayton
|
NJ
|
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x
|
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John
|
Dickinson
|
DE
|
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|
x
|
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Richard
|
Dobbs Spaight
|
NC
|
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|
x
|
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William
|
Few
|
GA
|
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|
x
|
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Thomas
|
FitzSimons
|
PA
|
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|
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|
x
|
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Nicholas
|
Gilman
|
NH
|
|
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|
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x
|
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Nathaniel
|
Gorham
|
MA
|
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|
x
|
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Alexander
|
Hamilton
|
NY
|
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x
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Jared
|
Ingersoll
|
PA
|
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x
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Rufus
|
King
|
MA
|
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x
|
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John
|
Langdon
|
NH
|
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x
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William
|
Livingston
|
NJ
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x
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James
|
Madison
|
VA
|
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x
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James
|
McHenry
|
MD
|
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x
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Thomas
|
Mifflin
|
PA
|
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x
|
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Gouverneur
|
Morris
|
PA
|
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x
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Daniel
|
of St. Thomas Jenifer
|
MD
|
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x
|
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William
|
Paterson
|
NJ
|
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x
|
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Charles
|
Pinckney
|
SC
|
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x
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John
|
Rutledge
|
SC
|
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x
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William
|
Samuel Johnson
|
CT
|
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x
|
|
VA
|
02/22/1731
|
Popes Creek, VA
|
45
|
Planter, Surveyor
|
12/14/1799
|
|
x
|
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Hugh
|
Williamson
|
NC
|
|
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x
|
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Henry
|
Knox
|
MA
|
07/25/1750
|
Boston, MA
|
26
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Bookseller
|
10/25/1806
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08/07/1742 |
Warwick, RI |
34 |
Shipbuilding |
06/19/1786 |
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01/01/1752 |
Gloucester City, NJ |
24 |
Upholsterer |
01/30/1836 |
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Source for Signers: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs