Chapter II: Part II

Signers of the Declaration:
Biographical Sketches 25

John Adams • _Massachusetts_ 33
Samuel Adams • _Massachusetts_ 36
Josiah Bartlett • _New Hampshire_ 39
Carter Braxton • _Virginia_ 41
Charles Carroll • _Maryland_ 43
Samuel Chase • _Maryland_ 45
Abraham Clark • _New Jersey_ 47
George Clymer • _Pennsylvania_ 49
William Ellery • _Rhode Island_ 51
William Floyd • _New York_ 53
Benjamin Franklin • _Pennsylvania_ 55
Elbridge Gerry • _Massachusetts_ 59
Button Gwinnett • _Georgia_ 62
Lyman Hall • _Georgia_ 65
John Hancock • _Massachusetts_ 67
Benjamin Harrison • _Virginia_ 70
John Hart • _New Jersey_ 71
Joseph Hewes • _North Carolina_ 73
Thomas Heyward, Jr. • _South Carolina_ 75
William Hooper • _North Carolina_ 77
Stephen Hopkins • _Rhode Island_ 79
Francis Hopkinson • _New Jersey_ 81
Samuel Huntington • _Connecticut_ 83
Thomas Jefferson • _Virginia_ 85
Francis Lightfoot Lee • _Virginia_ 90
Richard Henry Lee • _Virginia_ 92
Francis Lewis • _New York_ 94
Philip Livingston • _New York_ 96
Thomas Lynch, Jr. • _South Carolina_ 99
Thomas McKean • _Delaware_ 100
Arthur Middleton • _South Carolina_ 103
Lewis Morris • _New York_ 104
Robert Morris • _Pennsylvania_ 106
John Morton • _Pennsylvania_ 109
Thomas Nelson, Jr. • _Virginia_ 110
William Paca • _Maryland_ 113
Robert Treat Paine • _Massachusetts_ 115
John Penn • _North Carolina_ 116
George Read • _Delaware_ 118
Caesar Rodney • _Delaware_ 120
George Ross • _Pennsylvania_ 122
Benjamin Rush • _Pennsylvania_ 123
Edward Rutledge • _South Carolina_ 127
Roger Sherman • _Connecticut_ 129
James Smith • _Pennsylvania_ 132
Richard Stockton • _New Jersey_ 133
Thomas Stone • _Maryland_ 135
George Taylor • _Pennsylvania_ 137
Matthew Thornton • _New Hampshire_ 139
George Walton • _Georgia_ 140
William Whipple • _New Hampshire_ 142
William Williams • _Connecticut_ 144
James Wilson • _Pennsylvania_ 145
John Witherspoon • _New Jersey_ 149
Oliver Wolcott • _Connecticut_ 152
George Wythe • _Virginia_ 154