The Political Graveyard: The Founders

The Founders

Signers, Declaration of Independence, 1776 (may be Incomplete!)
John Adams Samuel Adams Josiah Bartlett Carter Braxton Charles Carroll of Carrollton Samuel Chase Abraham Clark George Clymer William Ellery William Floyd Benjamin Franklin Elbridge Gerry Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall John Hancock Benjamin Harrison John Hart Joseph Hewes Thomas Heyward, Jr. William Hooper Stephen Hopkins Francis Hopkinson Samuel Huntington Thomas Jefferson Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee Francis Lewis Philip Livingston Thomas Lynch, Jr. Thomas McKean Arthur Middleton Lewis Morris Robert Morris John Morton Thomas Nelson, Jr. William Paca Robert Treat Paine John Penn George Read Caesar Rodney George Ross Benjamin Rush Edward Rutledge Roger Sherman James Smith Richard Stockton Thomas Stone George Taylor Matthew Thornton George Walton William Whipple William Williams James Wilson John Witherspoon Oliver Wolcott, Sr. George Wythe

Signers, Articles of Confederation, 1777, 1777-1781 (may be Incomplete!)
Thomas Adams Elbridge Gerry John Harvie Edward Langworthy Henry Marchant Gouverneur Morris John Penn Roger Sherman Edward Telfair Nicholas Van Dyke John Walton John Wentworth, Jr. Andrew Adams John Banister Francis Dana Richard Hutson Josiah Bartlett William Clingan Daniel Carroll John Hanson Thomas McKean

Members, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-1788 (may be Incomplete!)
Abraham Baldwin Richard Bassett Gunning Bedford, Jr. John Blair William Blount David Brearly Jacob Broom Pierce Butler Daniel Carroll George Clymer William Richardson Davie Jonathan Dayton John Dickinson Oliver Ellsworth William Few Thomas Fitzsimons Benjamin Franklin Elbridge Gerry Nicholas Gilman Nathaniel Gorham Alexander Hamilton William Churchill Houston William Houstoun Jared Ingersoll Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer William Samuel Johnson Rufus King John Langdon John Lansing, Jr. William Livingston James Madison Alexander Martin Luther Martin George Mason James McClurg James McHenry John Francis Mercer Thomas Mifflin Gouverneur Morris Robert Morris William Paterson William Leigh Pierce Charles Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Edmund Jenings Randolph George Read John Rutledge Roger Sherman Richard Dobbs Spaight Caleb Strong George Washington Hugh Williamson James Wilson George Wythe Robert Yates

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