Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
These biographies come from the Fourth Edition of the book "Lives of The Signers to the
Declaration of Independence." It was written by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich and published in
1834. In fact, at the time (1829) the first edition of this book was published, one signer,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, was still alive.

Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry

Hancock

S. Adams

J. Adams

Paine

Gerry

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Matthew Thornton

Bartlett

Whipple

Thornton

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery

Hopkins

Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott

Sherman

Huntington

Williams

Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris

Floyd

Livingston

Lewis

Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark

Stockton

Witherspoon

Hopkinson

Hart

Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross

Colonial Williamsburg

Morris

Rush

Franklin

Morton

Clymer

Smith

Taylor

Wilson

Ross

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Delaware:
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas M'Kean

Rodney

Read

M'Kean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Chase

Paca

Stone

Carroll

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Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton

Wythe

Henry Lee

Jefferson

Harrison

Nelson

Lee

Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn

Hooper

Hewes

Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton

Rutledge

Heyward

Lynch

Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton

Gwinnett

Hall

Walton

Biographies for all 56 signers will eventually be added here.

Books on the Declaration of Independence

These biographies include a great deal of information, some of which you won't find in
today's text books. We hope that you enjoy this resource, and that it is helpful in better
understanding this rare group of men who supported The Declaration, and mutually
pledged to each other their Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor.

Resources from the National Archives:

A Transcript of the Declaration of Independence

S igners Fact Sheet

Drafting the Declaration of Independence (Resources from the Library of Congress):

D rafting the Declaration of Independence

C hronology of Events

T ranscript of Jefferson's "original rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence

I mages of Early Drafts of the Declaration of Independence

Enlarged Images of Early Drafts of the Declaration of Independence

Other interesting resources:

The Literary Style of the Declaration of Independence

O ld Style and New Style dates