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List of the Founders of the United States of America from the six key assemblages that founded the nation. Table of Contents Below is a list of America's Founders/Framers/Fathers, comprising the national figures who played a direct role in shaping the United States between 1774 and 1790. This list covers six pivotal assemblies: the First Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the United States in Congress Assembled (the Congress of the Confederation), the Philadelphia Convention (the Constitutional Convention), and the state ratifying conventions for the federal Constitution. In total, 1,969 men participated in these six key assemblies. Excluding the state ratifying conventions, the number is 360. These men represented the political elite of the emerging nation, though hundreds of thousands of other men and women also contributed — and in many cases sacrificed — for American independence. Some of these men listed actually remained Loyalists despite participating in the First Continental Congress. For reference in the list below: First CC = First Continental Congress Second CC = Second Continental Congress DI = Declaration of Independence USCA = United States in Congress Assembled PC = Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention) — an * indicates they participated but did not sign the Constitution SRC = State Ratifying Convention Voting in the ratifying conventions is indicated as: (Y) = voted for the Constitution (N) = voted against (A) = absent (NV) = present but did not vote Table of Contents Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia America's Founders Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Connecticut Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Roger Sherman Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 2 Eliphalet Dyer Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 3 Silas Deane Participated Participated 4 William Williams Participated Participated Participated (Y) 5 Oliver Wolcott Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 6 Samuel Huntington Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 7 Richard Law Participated Participated Participated (Y) 8 Andrew Adams Participated 9 Titus Hosmer Participated 10 Oliver Ellsworth Participated Participated Participated * Participated (Y) 11 Jesse Root Participated Participated Participated (Y) 12 Joseph Spencer Participated 13 Benjamin Huntington Participated Participated 14 James Wadsworth Participated 15 Joseph Platt Cooke Participated 16 William Samuel Johnson Participated Participated Participated (Y) 17 Stephen Mix Mitchell Participated Participated (Y) 18 Jonathan Sturges Participated Participated (Y) 19 Pierpont Edwards Participated Participated (Y) 20 Jeremiah Wadsworth Participated Participated (Y) Delaware Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Thomas McKean Participated Participated Participated Participated 2 George Read Participated Participated Participated Participated 3 Caesar Rodney Participated Participated Participated 4 James Sykes Participated Participated (Y) 5 Nicholas Dyke Participated Participated 6 John Dickinson Participated Participated Participated 7 Thomas Rodney Participated 8 Philemon Dickinson Participated 9 Samuel Wharton Participated 10 Eleazer McComb Participated 11 James Tilton Participated 12 Gunning Bedford Jr. Participated Participated Participated (Y) Georgia Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Archibald Bulloch Participated 2 John Houstoun Participated 3 John Zubly Participated 4 Lyman Hall Participated Participated 5 Button Gwinnett Participated Participated 6 George Walton Participated Participated Participated 7 Nathan Brownson Participated Participated (Y) 8 Joseph Wood Participated 9 Edward Langworthy Participated 10 John Walton Participated 11 William Pierce Participated Participated Participated* 12 Edward Telfair Participated Participated Participated (Y) Maryland Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Samuel Chase Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (N) 2 Robert Goldsborough IV Participated Participated Participated (Y) 3 Thomas Johnson Participated Participated 4 William Paca Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 5 Matthew Tilghman Participated Participated 6 John Hall Participated 7 John Rogers Participated 8 Robert Alexander Participated 9 Charles Carroll Participated 10 Benjamin Rumsey Participated 11 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Participated Participated 12 William Smith Participated Massachusetts Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 John Adams Participated Participated Participated 2 Samuel Adams Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 3 Thomas Cushing Participated Participated 4 Robert Paine Participated Participated Participated 5 John Hancock Participated Participated Participated (Y) 6 Elbridge Gerry Participated Participated Participated Participated * 7 Francis Dana Participated Participated Participated (Y) 8 James Lovell Participated Participated 9 Samuel Holten Participated Participated Participated (A) 10 George Patridge Participated Participated Participated (Y) 11 Artemas Ward Participated Participated 12 Samuel Osgood Participated New Hampshire Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Nathaniel Folsom Participated Participated 2 John Sullivan Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 3 John Langdon Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 4 Josiah Bartlett Participated Participated Participated (N) 5 Matthew Thornton Participated Participated 6 William Whipple Participated Participated 7 George Frost Participated 8 John Wentworth Jr. Participated 9 Woodbury Langdon Participated 10 Nathaniel Peabody Participated 11 Samuel Livermore Participated Participated Participated (Y) 12 John Taylor Gilman Participated Participated (Y) New Jersey Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Stephane Crane Participated Participated 2 John Hart Participated Participated Participated 3 James Kinsey Participated Participated 4 William Livingston Participated Participated Participated 5 Richard Smith Participated Participated 6 John Hart Participated 7 Francis Hopkinson Participated Participated 8 Richard Stockon Participated Participated 9 Jonathan Sergeant Participated 10 Abraham Clark Participated Participated Participated 11 John Witherspoon Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 12 Jonathan Elmer Participated Participated New York Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 John Alsop Participated Participated 2 Simon Boerum Participated Participated 3 James Duane Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 4 William Floyd Participated Participated Participated Participated 5 John Haring Participated Participated Participated (N) 6 John Jay Participated Participated Participated (Y) 7 Philip R. Livingston Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 8 Isaac Low Participated 9 Henry Winser Sr. Participated Participated Participated (N) 10 George Clinton Participated Participated (A) 11 Robert R. Livingston Participated Participated Participated (Y) 12 Lewis Morris Sr. Participated Participated Participated (Y) North Carolina Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Richard Caswell Participated Participated Elected, died before attending 2 Joseph Hewes Participated Participated Participated 3 William Hooper Participated Participated Participated 4 John Penn Participated Participated 5 Cornelius Hornet Participated 6 Thomas Burke Participated Participated 7 John Williams Participated 8 Whitmell Hill Participated 9 Allen Jones Participated 10 William Sharpe Participated Participated 11 Willie Jones Participated 12 Samuel Johnston Participated Participated Participated (Y) Pennsylvania Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Edward Biddle Participated Participated 2 John Dickinson Participated Participated 3 Joseph Galloway Participated 4 Charles Humphreys Participated Participated 5 Thomas Miffin Participated Participated Participated Participated 6 John Morton Participated Participated Participated 7 Samuel Rhoads Participated 8 George Ross Participated Participated Participated 9 Andrew Allen Participated 10 Benjamin Franklin Participated Participated Participated 11 Thomas Willing Participated 12 James Wilson Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) Rhode Island Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Stephen Hopkins Participated Participated Participated 2 Samuel Ward Participated Participated 3 William Ellery Participated Participated Participated 4 Henry Marchant Participated Participated (Y) 5 John Collins Participated Participated 6 Ezekiel Cornell Participated Participated 7 Daniel Mowry Jr. Participated Participated 8 James Mitchell Varnum Participated Participated 9 Jonathan Arnold Participated 10 David Howell Participated 11 James Manning Participated 12 Nathan Miller Participated South Carolina Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 Christopher Gadsden Participated Participated Participated (Y) 2 Thomas Lynch Participated Participated 3 Henry Middleton Participated Participated 4 Edward Rutledge Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 5 John Rutledge Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated (Y) 6 Thomas Lynch Jr. Participated Participated 7 Arthur Middleton Participated Participated Participated 8 Thomas Hayward Jr. Participated Participated 9 Henry Laurens Sr. Participated Participated (Y) 10 William Drayton Participated 11 Richard Hutson Participated Participated (Y) 12 John Matthews Participated Participated Participated (Y) Virginia Count Name First CC Second CC DI USCA PC SRC 1 George Washington Participated Participated Participated 2 Benjamin Harrison Participated Participated Participated Participated (N) 3 Patrick Henry Participated Participated Participated (N) 4 Richard Lee Participated Participated Participated Participated 5 Edmund Pendleton Participated Participated Participated (Y) 6 Peyton Randolph Participated Participated 7 Richard Bland Participated Participated 8 Thomas Jefferson Participated Participated Participated 9 George Wythe Participated Participated Participated* Participated (Y) 10 Thomas Nelson Jr. Participated Participated 11 Francis Lee Participated Participated 12 Carter Braxton Participated Participated

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