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History

56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence (sortable by column header)
39 Signers of the Constitution (6 signed both)
Liberty Label figures in bold

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
 
James
Wilson
PA
9/14/1742
Carskerdo, Scotland
33
Lawyer
8/21/1798
x
x
John
Witherspoon
NJ
2/5/1723
Gifford, Scotland
53
Minister
11/15/1794
x
 
Oliver
Wolcott
CT
11/20/1726
Windsor, CT
49
Lawyer
12/1/1797
x
 
George
Wythe
VA
c. 1726
Elizabeth City Co., VA
50
Lawyer
6/8/1806
x
 
Abraham
Baldwin
GA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Richard
Bassett
DE
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Gunning
Bedford Jr.
DE
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
John
Blair
VA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
William
Blount
NC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
David
Brearley
NJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Jacob
Broom
DE
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Pierce
Butler
SC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Daniel
Carroll
MD
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Charles
Cotesworth Pickney
SC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Jonathan
Dayton
NJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
John
Dickinson
DE
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Richard
Dobbs Spaight
NC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
William
Few
GA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Thomas
FitzSimons
PA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Nicholas
Gilman
NH
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Nathaniel
Gorham
MA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Alexander
Hamilton
NY
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Jared
Ingersoll
PA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Rufus
King
MA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
John
Langdon
NH
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
William
Livingston
NJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
James
Madison
VA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
James
McHenry
MD
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Thomas
Mifflin
PA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Gouverneur
Morris
PA
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Daniel
of St. Thomas Jenifer
MD
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
William
Paterson
NJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Charles
Pinckney
SC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
John
Rutledge
SC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
William
Samuel Johnson
CT
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
VA
 02/22/1731
Popes Creek, VA
45
Planter, Surveyor
12/14/1799
 
x
Hugh
Williamson
NC
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Henry
Knox
MA
07/25/1750
Boston, MA
26
Bookseller
10/25/1806
 
 
 

08/07/1742

Warwick, RI

34

Shipbuilding

06/19/1786

 
 
 

01/01/1752

Gloucester City, NJ

24

Upholsterer

01/30/1836

 
 
 

07/13/1729

Lexington, MA

46

Farmer

09/17/1775

 
 
Source for Signers: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs