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The following biographical sketches are arranged alphabetically by last name. Readers interested in signers for a certain State should consult the Index under the appropriate State.

John AdamsMassachusetts
Samuel AdamsMassachusetts
Josiah BartlettNew Hampshire
Carter BraxtonVirginia
Charles CarrollMaryland
Samuel ChaseMaryland
Abraham ClarkNew Jersey
George ClymerPennsylvania
William ElleryRhode Island
William FloydNew York
Benjamin FranklinPennsylvania
Elbridge GerryMassachusetts
Button GwinnettGeorgia
Lyman HallGeorgia
John HancockMassachusetts
Benjamin HarrisonVirginia
John HartNew Jersey
Joseph HewesNorth Carolina
Thomas Heyward, Jr.South Carolina
William HooperNorth Carolina
Stephen HopkinsRhode Island
Francis HopkinsonNew Jersey
Samuel HuntingtonConnecticut
Thomas JeffersonVirginia
Francis Lightfoot LeeVirginia
Richard Henry LeeVirginia
Francis LewisNew York
Philip LivingstonNew York

Thomas Lynch, Jr.South Carolina
Thomas McKeanDelaware
Arthur MiddletonSouth Carolina
Lewis MorrisNew York
Robert MorrisPennsylvania
John MortonPennsylvania
Thomas Nelson, Jr.Virginia
William PacaMaryland
Robert Treat PaineMassachusetts
John PennNorth Carolina
George ReadDelaware
Caesar RodneyDelaware
George RossPennsylvania
Benjamin RushPennsylvania
Edward RutledgeSouth Carolina
Roger ShermanConnecticut
James SmithPennsylvania
Richard StocktonNew Jersey
Thomas StoneMaryland
George TaylorPennsylvania
Matthew ThorntonNew Hampshire
George WaltonGeorgia
William WhippleNew Hampshire
William WilliamsConnecticut
James WilsonPennsylvania
John WitherspoonNew Jersey
Oliver WolcottConnecticut
George WytheVirginia
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Last Updated: 04-Jul-2004