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Who are the people who signed the US Constitution?In: US Constitution |
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The following is a list of the signers of the U.S. Constitution by the original 13 colonies who sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Connecticut
- William S. Johnson
- Roger Sherman
Delaware
- Richard Bassett
- Gunning Bedford, Jr.
- Jacob Broom
- John Dickinson
- George Read
Georgia
- Abraham Baldwin
- William Few
Maryland
- Daniel Carroll
- Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas
- James McHenry
Massachusetts
- Nathaniel Gorham
- Rufus King
New Hampshire
- Nicholas Gilman
- John Langdon
New Jersey
- David Brearly
- Jonathan Dayton
- William Livingston
- William Patterson
New York
- Alexander Hamilton
North Carolina
- William Blount
- Richard D. Spaight
- Hugh Williamson
Pennsylvania
- George Clymer
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Benjamin Franklin
- Jared Ingersoll
- Thomas Mifflin
- Gouverneur Morris
- Robert Morris
- James Wilson
South Carolina
- Pierce Butler
- Charles Pinckney
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- John Rutledge
Rhode Island
Rhode Island didn't send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Virginia
- John Blair
- James Madison
- George Washington
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The U.S. Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 by 39 delegates.
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The delegates to the Constitutional (Federal) Convention are often called our "Framers." They were influential people in their home states, where they were selected to attend the convention. Most of the delegates were well educated in the ideas of political philosophy. This site has biographies on all the delegates and the states from which they were selected.
First answer by Macky. Last edit by Socalsurfnici. Contributor trust: 126 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 41 [recommend question]
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