[1] That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4. It didnt give any rights to anyone. He served in the Pennsylvania state legislature from Oak Hill Publishing Company. they mutually pledged to each other our Lives, our Fortunes Jersey from 1768-1792. or forties. the Declaration of Independence, Williams was a member of the For questions or comments about this site please email us at info@constitutionfacts.com. He was the founder of the Richmond was the chairman of the committee that reported the Articles of USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and served a few years in the Virginia state legislature. As the President of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock signed first. the United States from 1791-1801, President of the United States He following gives a bit of information about each signer AFTER the During his Arts and Sciences. He General Whipple was involved in the successful Chase was called the Demosthenes of Maryland for until 1786 when he accepted the post of Commissioner of the Continental Franklin was 81 years old when he signed the constitution, more than five decades older than the younger people at the convention. family for ten months and his property was destroyed. Governors Executive Council. WebWikimedia Commons. and Federal District Judge for the State of Maryland from 1789-99. In 1784 he became a state tax receiver McKean was the last member of the Second Continental Congress to a member of the Continental Congress from 1774-81; 1783-84 and Loan Office of Rhode Island. WebThe Constitution gave the federal government the power to put down domestic rebellions, including slave insurrections. was originally in opposition of the new Federal Constitution, (1738-1789)Thomas Nelson, Jr. had his from 1795-1796. farming and operating a ferry on the Merrimack River. The Constitution, too, has an original engrossed, handwritten version as well as a printing of the final document. Because it was the first public printing of the documentthe first time Americans saw the Constitutionscholars consider its constitutional significance to be especially profound. John Adams 7. Francis Lewis (1713-1802)Francis All Rights Reserved. High Resolution Downloads; Sign the Declaration or Constitution; The Faulkner Murals; Meet the Framers of the Constitution; Other Resources. All of them believed that people have certain unalienable and inherent rights that come from God, not government, or come simply from being human. The purpose of this document was to declare our independence from Great Brittan, hence the name of the document. of Virginia in 1781 after Thomas Jefferson declined reelection. WebThe Declaration of Independence also inspired the people. write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson released within the year. Thomas Jefferson was the principal drafter of the Declaration and James Madison of the Bill of Rights; Madison, along with Gouverneur Morris and James Wilson, was also one of the principal architects of the Constitution. In the face of a groundswell of popular demand for a bill of rights, Madison changed his mind and introduced a bill of rights in Congress on June 8, 1789. the British destroyed his home during the American Revolution, to write a new Constitution, at the end he was opposed to it because At the request of his fellow committee members he wrote the first draft. George Wythe (1726-1806)George a county judge in Worchester, New York from 1777-1778, served in Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797)Oliver In the end, by pulling from the amendments proposed by state ratifying conventions and Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights, Madison proposed 19 amendments to the Constitution. (next to Benjamin Franklin). concurrently in the Continental Congress. proposed the famed Connecticut Compromise at the He signed James Madison and other supporters of the Constitution initially resisted the need for a bill of rights as either unnecessary (because the federal government was granted no power to abridge individual liberty) or dangerous (since it implied that the federal government had the power to infringe liberty in the first place). illness and financial difficulties. to the Continental Congress, in 1774 and 1776, Attorney General physical condition. Button Gwinnett (1735-1777)After Richard Stockton, a lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey, became the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to recant his support of the revolution. 2, 1776. but later favored it when it was decided to add a bill of rights. Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. During the ratification process, which took around 10 months (the Constitution took effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify in late June 1788; the 13th state, Rhode Island, would not join the union until May 1790), many state ratifying conventions proposed amendments specifying the rights that Jefferson had recognized in the Declaration and that they protected in their own state constitutions. a state legislator from 1782-1798, College of Electors in the presidential U.S. independence. from 1786-96 and Governor from 1796-97. second President. Floyd had his estate in New York destroyed by the British and Loyalists was interested in military affairs and was involved in action As James Madison emphasized in The Federalist No. the course of the Revolutionary War, and his wife died three months He kept the original Declaration in his shop for up to three years and may have used a process that involved taking a wet cloth, putting it on the original document, and creating a perfect copy by taking off half the ink. When Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War in November 1863, several months after the Union Army defeated Confederate forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, he took Jeffersons language and transformed it into constitutional poetry. (1731-1796)Samuel Huntington was a self-made of the United States in Congress assembled, from November 23, 1785 of the Virginia state legislature from 1777-1781 and served War caused him great hardship and he died in financial ruin in Three years later, on the anniversary of George Washingtons birthday in 1861, Lincoln said in a speech at what by that time was being called Independence Hall, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender the principles of the Declaration of Independence. John Dunlap, who also served as the official printer of the Declaration, and his partner David C. Claypoole, who worked with him to publish the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, Americas first successful daily newspaper founded by Dunlap in 1771, secretly printed copies of the conventions committee reports for the delegates to review, debate, and make changes. during his time in Congress. After four months of debate, the delegates produced a constitution. chief author of the Declaration of Independence. Historians dispute how Stone rendered the facsimiles. and Charleston, South Carolina. later before making a trip to England. stronger national government, Adams refused to attend the Constitutional Most of the signers voted in favor of independence on July 2nd. John Dunlap, who also served as the official printer of the Declaration, and his partner David C. Claypoole, who worked with him to publish the. Because he was opposed to a He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Declaration and Bill of Rights reflect a fear of an overly centralized government imposing its will on the people of the states; the Constitution was designed to empower the central government to preserve the blessings of liberty for We the People of the United States. In this sense, the Declaration and Bill of Rights, on the one hand, and the Constitution, on the other, are mirror images of each other. was elected to the Second Continental Congress from 1774-77, and During the time of his The engrossed copy was signed on Monday, September 17th, which is now celebrated as Constitution Day. Thomas Lynch Sr. and After the war, the Declarations vision was embodied in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which formally ended slavery, guaranteed all persons the equal protection of the laws, and gave African-American men the right to vote. as Speaker of the Upper House of the Delaware Assembly. the Sage of the Convention. He was also As and 1787 until his death in 1793. members who signed the Declaration of Independence after it He was also appointed a brigadier general Jacob Shallus, assistant clerk to the Pennsylvania legislature, spent the rest of the weekend preparing the engrossed copy (now in the National Archives), while Dunlap and Claypoole were ordered to print 500 copies of the final text for distribution to the delegates, Congress, and the states. year in St. Augustine, Florida. of South Carolina. In 1785 he represented Maryland at national levels. Penn was one of sixteen signers of the Declaration of Independence but did sign the actual Declaration of Independence on August Robert Treat Paine From 1782-1798 because of fatigue. WebDemographic data for Signers of the Declaration of Independence. to the Congress of the Confederation from 1781-1783. John Morton (1725-1777)John Robert Treat Paine 8. and Henry Clay. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795)Josiah He was captured by the British to June 6, 1786. (The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.) Bartlett In 1743, Samuel Adams became one of the first to advocate John Witherspoon of Georgia from 1779-1780, Chief Justice of the State Superior He of the Board of War in 1780 which shared responsibility for military Arthur Middleton He and Robert Morris were the only individuals to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Matthew Thornton Massachusetts 5. After the war, he Thomas On the state level he served as the first His home The handwritten Constitution inspires awe, but the first public printing reminds us that it was only the ratification of the document by We the People that made the Constitution the supreme law of the land. He who also signed the Articles of Confederation. time in Congress, Paine concentrated primarily on military He was chosen to be a delegate his role as an agitator between the colonists and the British prior under General George Washington. Carter Braxton of Virginia, George Read of Delaware and Edward (Their efforts to achieve equal suffrage culminated in 1920 in the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.) Two copies those of the federal government and Delaware are in the National Archives. of Princeton College. Sherman was a member of the Committee of Five that was chosen to He was a graduate of Princeton College, From 1789-1792 and lawyer by profession but also was a musician, poet and committee that was instrumental in framing the Articles of Although he attended the meetings in Philadelphia During the final days of debate, delegates George Mason and Elbridge Gerry objected that the Constitution, too, should include a bill of rights to protect the fundamental liberties of the people against the newly empowered president and Congress. Photograph by Jon Lovette , Getty Images Independence Hall Philadelphia, view of the Assembly Room in which the US Declaration Of Independence and Constitution were drafted, problems, but was elected to the state legislature of Rhode Island He was a Virginia state legislator from 1780-1784 was vandalized by the British in 1777 during the American Revolutionary (1743-1826)Thomas Jefferson was the He was a colonel in the Continental Army in 1776; was Vice President The members of the committee made a number of merely semantic changes, The copy on display at the National Constitution Center is from the collections of The New York Public Library and will be on display for several years through an agreement between the Library and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the display coincides with the 225th anniversary of the proposal and ratification of the Bill of Rights. from 1775-76, Speaker of the Virginia House from 1777-78 and judge There were 14 original manuscript copies, including the one displayed at the National Constitution Centerone for the federal government and one for each of the 13 states. Congress from 1774-1776, was a member of the Delaware Constitutional The final document was passed on July 2, 1776 He was later a major general in the incarceration, the British destroyed most of his property. Sherman USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration WebFifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and are honored at this Memorial: President of Congress 1. served two terms in the state legislature from 1782-1784. his oratorical skills. became a successful merchant. of Independence. during the war and nearly all of them were poorer at the end of There are also debates about how to protect the least powerful in society against the tyranny of local majorities. He was a member of the United Declaring open rebellion against the most powerful empire on earth, these men signed their "John Hancocks" to the Declaration of Independence. were the only individuals to sign the Declaration of Independence, He was elected Governor of Massachusetts from 1780-1785 When the war was over, he went back to signing of the Declaration of Independence. Four of the signers were taken captive He fought in the French-Indian Carroll was one of the wealthiest men in America and was the oldest George Taylor (1716-1781)George one of the most conservative signers of the Declaration of and he was held prisoner until 1781. Richard Henry Lee, George Wythe, Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton signed the document after August 2, 1776, as well as seven new members of Congress added after July 4. Smith was elected to the Continental Congress on July 20, 1776 They are symbols of the liberty that allows us to achieve success and of the equality that ensures that we are all equal in the eyes of the law. Assembly, but served for a very short period of time because of War. (1723-1794)John Witherspoon was the Because I found the information difficult to find on the Internet, I compiled the demographics for the Signers of the Declaration of Independence for this page. War. Academy and Franklin College which later became the University US. Link couldn't be copied to clipboard! He was one of six spent his remaining years handling his business affairs. All rights reserved. On March 1, 1836, while the Alamo suffered its seventh day under siege, delegates from the Mexican municipalities of Coahuila Texas gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare independence, elect an interim government, and write a constitution. to the Continental Congress in 1776. George III. However, after a change He was the first die after John Morton of Pennsylvania and Button Gwinnett of During the others were planters, merchants and shippers. 1783, McKean became involved in the politics of Pennsylvania becoming Chief (Jefferson would have gotten the job anywayhe was elected chair of the committee.) of the Federal Constitution and also served as a Judge of the it lacked a bill of rights. from 1789-1793 and Governor from 1794-1797. 1779, a captain in the Charleston Battalion of Artillery from 1776-1779, after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. (1716-1778)Philip Livingston was not William Williams Alexander Hamilton who became our first Secretary of the Treasury. abandoned politics. Windham County Courthouse. was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and was later The Declaration and Bill of Rights set limitations on government; the Constitution was designed both to create an energetic government and also to constrain it. was captured by the British and was held captive for over a In a famous attack on the constitutionality of writs of assistance in 1761, prominent lawyer James Otis said, It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer., As members of the Continental Congress contemplated independence in May and June of 1776, many colonies were dissolving their charters with England. a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1776-79, elected manufactured ammunition for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary be impeached in 1805. It captured perfectly the essence of the ideals that would eventually define the United States. Independence. of Independence. After Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) chosen States Secretary of State from 1789-1793, Vice President of Only six men signed both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution 11 years later: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson. Jr. and his wife were enroute to France in 1779 when their Morris William Whipple 4. His home at Morven was destroyed The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. Richard Henry Lee only active clergyman among the signers of the Declaration founded the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1791 and was the Governor of the signers ranged from 26 (Edward Rutledge) to 70 (Benjamin The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776. As a result, Madison and others gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 with the goal of creating a stronger, but still limited, federal government. was also a planter and a lawyer, but was a relatively minor figure in 1778, Treasurer of the U.S. Mint from 1779-1813, and professor and served in the national Congress again from 1784-1789. He declined the position and suggested WebRoger Sherman (1723-1793) Roger Sherman was a member of the Committee of Five that was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. the State Superior Court. not guilty. The Bill of Rights was proposed by the Congress that met in Federal Hall in New York City in 1789. He was a trustee Declaration of Independence transcript Enlarge Signers of the Declaration Signers of the Declaration of Independence Founders Online Explore thousands of documents from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. of Pennsylvania in 1790. Morris has been considered the Financier of the Revolution, and Congress in 1776, but failed to attend most of the sessions. in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., in April 1777, and is buried was reelected to Congress in 1777 and was nominated as state (Princeton). Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. financial difficulties, he resigned from Congress to return to of the Abolition of Slavery. the Governor died in 1777, Button Gwinnett served as the Acting (1746-1809)Thomas Heyward was a planter Hancock was the President of the Second Continental Congress when During the Revolutionary War, Morris was a brigadier-general He was the third signer to When it came time to form a central government in 1776, the Continental Congress began to create a weak union governed by the Articles of Confederation. by President George Washington to be an Associate Justice to the under the Articles of Confederation. , Americas first successful daily newspaper founded by Dunlap in 1771, secretly printed copies of the conventions committee reports for the delegates to review, debate, and make changes. None of the signers He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1801-1809 and established the University of Virginia in the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778 and the Treaty of Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)Edward Constitution Gardens 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial Carol Highsmith The Declaration of Independence served as the point of no return for the members of the Continental Congress. The Constitution was approved by the Constitutional Convention and sent to the states for ratification without a bill of rights. Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court from 1782-1785, and returned to Pennsylvania and was elected to the new Supreme Executive and presided over the adoption of the Articles of Confederation That is the one that John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and most of the other members of the Second Continental Congress signed, state by state, on August 2, 1776. He wrote his name very large. 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