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The Founding Fathers

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Who are the Founding Fathers?

Here are short Biographies of the Founders who signed the Declaration of Independence and attended the Constitution Convention of 1787.

Name State Place of Birth Birth Date Death Date Occupation Religion
Adams, JohnMassachusettsQuincy, MA10/30/17357/4/1826LawyerUN
Adams, SamuelMassachusettsBoston, MA9/27/172210/2/1803MerchantCO
Bartlett, JosiahNew HampshireAmesbury, MA11/21/17295/19/1795PhysicianCO
Braxton, CarterVirginiaNewington, VA9/10/173610/10/1797Plantation OwnerEP
Carroll of Carrollton, CharlesMarylandAnnapolis, MD9/19/173711/14/1832Merchant/Plantation OwnerRC
Chase, SamuelMarylandSomerset Co., MD4/17/17416/19/1811LawyerEP
Clark, AbrahamNew JerseyElizabethtown, NJ2/15/17419/15/1794Lawyer/SurveyorPB
Clymer, GeorgePennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA3/16/17391/24/1813MerchantQU/EP
Ellery, WilliamRhode IslandNewport, RI12/22/17272/15/1820Lawyer/MerchantCO
Floyd, WilliamNew YorkBrookhaven, NY12/17/17348/4/1821Land SpeculatorPB
Franklin, BenjaminPennsylvaniaBoston, MA1/17/17064/17/1790Scientist/PrinterDE
Gerry, ElbridgeMassachusettsMarblehead, MA7/17/174411/23/1814MerchantEP
Gwinnett, ButtonGeorgiaGlouster, England17355/15/1777Merchant/Plantation OwnerEP
Hall, LymanGeorgiaWallingford, CT4/12/172410/19/1790Physician/MinisterCO
Hancock, JohnMassachusettsQuincy, MA1/12/173710/8/1793MerchantCO
Harrisson, BenjaminVirginiaCharles City Co., VA4/7/17264/24/1791Plantation Owner/Farmer?
Hart, JohnNew JerseyHunterdon Co., NJ17115/11/1779Land OwnerPB
Hewes, JosephNorth CarolinaKingston, NJ1/23/173010/10/1779MerchantEP
Heyward Jr., ThomasSouth CarolinaSt. Helena Parrish, SC7/28/17463/6/1809Lawyer/Plantation Owner?
Hooper, WilliamNorth CarolinaBoston, MA6/17/174210/14/1790LawyerEP
Hopkins, StephenRhode IslandProvidence, RI3/7/17074/13/1785Merchant?
Hopkinson, FrancisNew JerseyPhiladelphia, PA10/2/17375/9/1791Lawyer/MusicianEP
Huntington, SamuelConnecticutWindham, CT7/3/17311/5/1796LawyerCO
Jefferson, ThomasVirginiaAlbermarle Co., VA4/13/17437/4/1826Lawyer/Plantation OwnerDE
Lee, Francis LightfootVirginiaMt. Pleasant, VA10/14/17341/11/1797Plantation Owner?
Lee, Richard HenryVirginiaStratford, VA1/20/17326/19/1794Plantation Owner/Merchant?
Lewis, FrancisNew YorkLlandaff, Wales3/21/171312/30/1802Merchant?
Livingston, PhilipNew YorkAlbany, NY1/15/17166/12/1778MerchantPB
Lynch Jr., ThomasSouth CarolinaPrince George's Parrish, SC8/5/17491779Lawyer?
McKean, ThomasDelawareChester Co., PA3/19/17356/24/1817LawyerPB
Middleton, ArthurSouth CarolinaCharleston, SC6/26/17421/1/1787Plantation Owner?
Morris, LewisNew YorkWest Chester Co., NY4/8/17261/22/1798Plantation Owner?
Morris, RobertPennsylvaniaLiverpool, England1/31/17345/8/1806Merchant/Land SpeculatorEP
Morton, JohnPennsylvaniaRidley Township, PA17241777Farmer?
Nelson Jr., ThomasVirginiaYorktown, VA12/26/17381/4/1789Merchant/Plantation Owner?
Paca, WilliamMarylandAbington, MD10/31/174010/13/1799Lawyer/Plantation OwnerEP
Paine, Robert TreatMassachusettsBoston, MA3/11/17315/12/1814Lawyer/ScientistCO
Penn, JohnNorth CarolinaCarolina Co., VA5/6/17409/14/1788Lawyer?
Read, GeorgeDelawareNortheast MD9/18/17339/21/1798LawyerEP
Rodney, CaesarDelawareDover, DE10/7/17286/29/1784Plantation Owner/SoldierEP
Ross, GeorgePennsylvaniaNew Castle, DE5/10/17307/14/1779Lawyer?
Rush, BenjaminPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA1/4/17464/19/1813PhysicianPB
Rutledge, EdwardSouth CarolinaChrist Church Parrish, SC11/23/17491/23/1800Lawyer/Plantation OwnerAN
Sherman, RogerConnecticutNewton, MA4/19/17217/23/1793LawyerCO
Smith, JamesPennsylvaniaNorthern Ireland17197/11/1806LawyerPB
Stockton, RichardNew JerseyPrinceton, NJ10/1/17302/28/1781LawyerPB
Stone, ThomasMarylandCharles Co., MD174310/5/1787LawyerEP
Taylor, GeorgePennsylvaniaIreland17162/23/1781MerchantPB
Thornton, MatthewNew HampshireIreland17146/24/1803PhysicianPB
Walton, GeorgeGeorgiaCumberland Co., VA17412/2/1804LawyerAN
Whipple, WilliamNew HampshireKittery, ME1/14/173011/28/1785MerchantCO
Williams, WilliamConnecticutLebannon, CT4/18/17318/2/1811MerchantCO
Wilson, JamesPennsylvaniaCarskerdo, Scotland9/14/17428/21/1798LawyerEP/DE
Witherspoon, JohnNew JerseyGifford, Scotland2/5/172311/15/1794MinisterPB
Wolcott, OliverConnecticutWindsor, CT11/20/172612/1/1797LawyerCO
Wythe, GeorgeVirginiaElizabeth City Co., VA17266/8/1806LawyerEP
Religion key:
AN = Anglican
CO = Congregationalist
DE = Deist
EP = Episcopal
PB = Presbyterian
QU = Quaker
RC = Roman Catholic
UN = Unitarian

Delegates to the Convention of 1787 (Constitution Convention)
Note: the "?" column is an answer to the question, did this person sign the Constitution; Y=Yes N=No
Name State Place of Birth Birth Date Death Date Occupation Religion ?
Baldwin, AbrahamGeorgiaGuilford, CT11/23/17543/4/1807Minister/LawyerCOY
Bassett, RichardDelawareCecil County, MD4/2/17458/15/1815LawyerMEY
Bedford, Gunning, Jr.DelawarePhiladelphia, PA17473/30/1812LawyerPBY
Blair, JohnVirginiaWilliamsburg, VA17328/31/1800LawyerEPY
Blount, WilliamNorth CarolinaWindsor, NC4/6/17493/21/1800PoliticianPBY
Brearly, DavidNew JerseySpring Grove, NJ6/11/17458/16/1790LawyerEPY
Broom, JacobDelawareWilmington, DE17521810MerchantLUY
Butler, PierceSouth CarolinaCounty Carlow, Ireland7/11/17442/15/1822Soldier/PoliticianEPY
Carroll, DanielMarylandUpper Marlboro, MD7/22/17307/5/1796FarmerRCY
Clymer, GeorgePennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA3/16/17401/23/1813MerchantQU/EPY
Davie, William R.North CarolinaEgremont, England6/20/175611/29/1820LawyerPBN
Dayton, JonathanNew JerseyElizabethtown, NJ10/16/176010/9/1824LawyerEPY
Dickinson, JohnDelawareTrappe, MD11/19/17322/14/1808LawyerQU/EPY
Ellsworth, OliverConnecticutWindsor, CT4/29/174511/26/1807LawyerCON
Few, WilliamGeorgiaBaltimore, MD6/8/17487/16/1828LawyerMEY
Fitzsimons, ThomasPennsylvaniaIreland17418/26/1811MerchantRCY
Franklin, BenjaminPennsylvaniaBoston, MA1/17/17064/17/1790InventorDEY
Gerry, ElbridgeMassachusettsMarblehead, MA7/17/174411/23/1814MerchantEPN
Gilman, NicholasNew HampshireExeter, NH8/3/17555/2/1814MerchantCOY
Gorham, NathanielMassachusettsCharlestown, MA5/27/17386/11/1796MerchantCOY
Hamilton, AlexanderNew YorkNevis, British West Indies1/11/17577/12/1804LawyerEPY
Houston, William C.New JerseySumter, SC17468/12/1788TeacherPBN
Houstoun, WilliamGeorgiaSavannah, GA17553/17/1813LawyerEPN
Ingersoll, JaredPennsylvaniaNew Haven, CT10/27/174910/31/1822LawyerPBY
Jenifer, Daniel of St. ThomasMarylandPort Tobacco, MD172311/16/1790LawyerEPY
Johnson, William S.ConnecticutStratford, CT10/7/172711/14/1819LawyerEPY
King, RufusMassachusettsScarborough, ME3/24/17554/29/1827LawyerEPY
Langdon, JohnNew HampshirePortsmouth, NH6/26/17419/18/1819MerchantCOY
Lansing, John, Jr.New YorkAlbany, NY1/30/17541829LawyerDRN
Livingston, WilliamNew JerseyAlbany, NY11/30/17237/25/1790LawyerPBY
Madison, JamesVirginiaPort Conway, VA3/16/17516/28/1836PoliticianEPY
Martin, AlexanderNorth CarolinaHunterdon County, NJ174011/2/1807PoliticianPB/EPN
Martin, LutherMarylandBrunswick, NJ2/9/17447/10/1826LawyerEPN
Mason, GeorgeVirginiaFairfax County, VA12/11/172510/7/1792PoliticianEPN
McClurg, JamesVirginiaHampton, VA17467/9/1823DoctorPB?N
McHenry, JamesMarylandBallymena, Ireland11/16/17535/3/1816DoctorPBY
Mercer, John F.MarylandStafford County, VA5/17/17598/30/1821LawyerEPN
Mifflin, ThomasPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA1/10/17441/20/1800MerchantQU/LUY
Morris, GouverneurPennsylvaniaBronx, NY1/31/175211/6/1816LawyerEPY
Morris, RobertPennsylvaniaLiverpool, England1/31/17345/8/1806MerchantEPY
Paterson, WilliamNew JerseyCounty Antrim, Ireland12/24/17459/9/1806LawyerPBY
Pierce, William L.GeorgiaGeorgia174012/10/1789MerchantEPN
Pinckney, Charles CotesworthSouth CarolinaCharleston, SC2/25/17468/16/1825LawyerEPY
Pinckney, CharlesSouth CarolinaCharleston, SC10/26/175710/29/1824LawyerEPY
Randolph, Edmund J.VirginiaWilliamsburg, VA8/10/17531813LawyerEPN
Read, GeorgeDelawareCecil County, MD9/18/17339/21/1798LawyerEPY
Rutledge, JohnSouth CarolinaCharleston, SC9/17396/18/1800LawyerEPY
Sherman, RogerConnecticutNewton, MA4/19/17217/23/1793Lawyer/MerchantCOY
Spaight, Richard D.North CarolinaNew Bern, NC3/25/17589/6/1802PoliticianEPY
Strong, CalebMassachusettsNorthampton, MA1/9/174511/7/1819LawyerCON
Washington, GeorgeVirginiaWakefield Plantation, VA2/22/173212/14/1799SoldierEPY
Williamson, HughNorth CarolinaNottingham, PA12/5/17355/22/1819EducatorPB/DEY
Wilson, JamesPennsylvaniaSt. Andrews, Scotland9/14/17418/21/1797LawyerEP/DEY
Wythe, GeorgeVirginiaElizabeth City County, VA17266/8/1806LawyerEPN
Yates, RobertNew YorkSchenectady, NY1/27/17389/9/1801LawyerDRN
Religion key:
CO = Congregationalist
DE = Deist
DR = Dutch Reformed
EP = Episcopal
LU = Lutheran
ME = Methodist
PB = Presbyterian
QU = Quaker
RC = Roman Catholic

source: http://www.usconstitution.net/

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