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| | [[File:Gilbert Stuart Portrait of George Washington.jpg|thumb|Portrait of George Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]].]] | | [[File:Gilbert Stuart Portrait of George Washington.jpg|thumb|Portrait of George Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]].]] |
| − | '''The Founding Fathers''' are the leaders who founded the [[United States]], especially the 40 dignitaries who signed the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and the 57 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Historians consider the most important founders to include [[John Adams]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]], and [[George Washington]]. Washington is known for his leadership and honesty; Hamilton for his brilliance; John Adams for his morality; Franklin for his inventiveness; Madison for his scholarship; and Jefferson for his egalitarianism. | + | '''The Founding Fathers''' are the leaders who founded the [[United States]], especially the 40 dignitaries who signed the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Historians consider the most important founders to include [[John Adams]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]], and [[George Washington]]. Washington is known for his leadership and honesty; Hamilton for his brilliance; John Adams for his morality; Franklin for his inventiveness; Madison for his scholarship; and Jefferson for his egalitarianism. |
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| | The 55 initial participants—all of whom would be considered "Founders" in the broad sense of the term—wrote 15,000 articles, books and other materials. A study found that the [[Bible]] comprised 34% of their direct quotations. They particularly liked quoting the [[Book of Deuteronomy]]. | | The 55 initial participants—all of whom would be considered "Founders" in the broad sense of the term—wrote 15,000 articles, books and other materials. A study found that the [[Bible]] comprised 34% of their direct quotations. They particularly liked quoting the [[Book of Deuteronomy]]. |
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| − | *1.[[John Adams]] | + | *1.[[John Adams]] Unitarian |
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| | 2.[[Samuel Adams]] | | 2.[[Samuel Adams]] |
| − | | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 3.[[Josiah Bartlett]] | | 3.[[Josiah Bartlett]] |
| − | | + | *Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 4.[[Carter Braxton]] | | 4.[[Carter Braxton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 5.[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]] | | 5.[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]] |
| − | | + | * roman catholic |
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| | 6.[[Samuel Chase]] | | 6.[[Samuel Chase]] |
| − | | + | *episcopalian |
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| | 7.[[Abraham Clark]] | | 7.[[Abraham Clark]] |
| − | | + | *presbytarian |
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| | 8.[[George Clymer]] | | 8.[[George Clymer]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian-Episcopalian |
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| | 9.[[William Ellery]] | | 9.[[William Ellery]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 10.[[William Floyd]] | | 10.[[William Floyd]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 11.[[Benjamin Franklin]] | | 11.[[Benjamin Franklin]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 12.[[Elbridge Gerry]] | | 12.[[Elbridge Gerry]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian-Episcopalian |
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| | 13.[[Button Gwinnett]] | | 13.[[Button Gwinnett]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian; Congregationalist |
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| | 14.[[Lyman Hall]] | | 14.[[Lyman Hall]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 15.[[John Hancock]] | | 15.[[John Hancock]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 16.[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]] | | 16.[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian [ |
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| | 17.[[John Hart]] | | 17.[[John Hart]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
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| | 18.[[Joseph Hewes]] | | 18.[[Joseph Hewes]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Quaker, Episcopalian |
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| | 19.[[Thomas Heyward]] | | 19.[[Thomas Heyward]] |
| − | * | + | * Episcopalian |
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| | 20.[[William Hooper]] | | 20.[[William Hooper]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 21.[[Stephen Hopkins]] | | 21.[[Stephen Hopkins]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 22.[[Francis Hopkinson]] | | 22.[[Francis Hopkinson]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 23.[[Samuel Huntington (signer)|Samuel Huntington]] | | 23.[[Samuel Huntington (signer)|Samuel Huntington]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
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| | 24.[[Thomas Jefferson]] | | 24.[[Thomas Jefferson]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian |
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| | 25.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] | | 25.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 26.[[Richard Henry Lee]] | | 26.[[Richard Henry Lee]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 27.[[Francis Lewis]] | | 27.[[Francis Lewis]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 28.[[Philip Livingston]] | | 28.[[Philip Livingston]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
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| | 29.[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]] | | 29.[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 30.[[Thomas McKean]] | | 30.[[Thomas McKean]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
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| | 31.[[Arthur Middleton]] | | 31.[[Arthur Middleton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 32.[[Lewis Morris]] | | 32.[[Lewis Morris]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 34.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] | | 34.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 35.[[John Morton]] | | 35.[[John Morton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 36.[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]] | | 36.[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 37.[[William Paca]] | | 37.[[William Paca]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 38.[[John Penn]] | | 38.[[John Penn]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 39.[[Robert Treat Paine]] | | 39.[[Robert Treat Paine]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist; Unitarian |
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| | 40.[[George Read]] | | 40.[[George Read]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
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| | 41.[[Caesar Rodney]] | | 41.[[Caesar Rodney]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian [ |
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| | 42.[[George Ross]] | | 42.[[George Ross]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
| | 43.[[Benjamin Rush]] | | 43.[[Benjamin Rush]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
| | 44.[[Edward Rutledge]] | | 44.[[Edward Rutledge]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
| | 45.[[Roger Sherman]] | | 45.[[Roger Sherman]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
| | 46.[[James Smith (signer)|James Smith]] | | 46.[[James Smith (signer)|James Smith]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
| | 47.[[Richard Stockton]] | | 47.[[Richard Stockton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
| | 48.[[Thomas Stone]] | | 48.[[Thomas Stone]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalean |
| | 49.[[George Taylor]] | | 49.[[George Taylor]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
| | 50.[[Matthew Thornton]] | | 50.[[Matthew Thornton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian |
| | 51.[[George Walton]] | | 51.[[George Walton]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian |
| | 52.[[William Whipple]] | | 52.[[William Whipple]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
| | 53.[[William Williams]] | | 53.[[William Williams]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
| | 54.[[James Wilson]] | | 54.[[James Wilson]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Episcopalian; Presbyterian[1] |
| | 55.[[John Witherspoon]] | | 55.[[John Witherspoon]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Presbyterian [1 |
| | 56.[[Oliver Wolcott]] | | 56.[[Oliver Wolcott]] |
| − | * | + | * Christian- Congregationalist |
| − | 57.[[George Wythe]] | + | 57.[[George Wythe]] Christian- Episcopalian |
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| − | *[[Samuel Adams]] | + | *1.[[Andrew Adams]] |
| − | | + | Congregationalist |
| − | *[[Josiah Bartlett]] | + | *2.[[Samuel Adams]] |
| − | | + | Congregationalist |
| − | *[[Daniel Carroll]] | + | *3.[[Thomas Adams]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[William Ellery]] | + | *4.[[John Banister]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[John Dickinson]] | + | *5.[[Josiah Bartlett]] |
| − | | + | Congregationalist |
| − | *[[Elbridge Gerry]] | + | *6.[[Daniel Carroll]] |
| − | | + | roman catholic |
| − | *[[John Hancock]] | + | *7.[[William Clingan]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Samuel Huntington]] | + | *8.[[John Collins]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]] | + | *9.[[Francis Dana]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Thomas Adams]]
| + | *10.[[John Dickinson]] |
| − | | + | Quaker; Episcopalian |
| − | | + | *11.[[William Henry Drayton]] |
| − | *[[John Banister]] | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *12.[[James Duane]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[William Clingan]] | + | *13.[[William Duer]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *14.[[William Ellery]] |
| − | *[[John Collins]] | + | Congregationalist |
| − | | + | *15.[[Elbridge Gerry]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[Francis Dana]] | + | *16.[[John Hancock]] |
| − | | + | Congregationalist |
| − | | + | *17.[[John Hanson]] |
| − | *[[William Henry Drayton]] | + | luthern |
| − | | + | *18.[[Cornelius Harnett]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian (Deist) |
| − | *[[James Duane]] | + | *19.[[John Harvie]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *20.[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]] |
| − | *[[William Duer]] | + | Episcopalian |
| − | | + | *21.[[Samuel Holten]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *22.[[Titus Hosmer]] |
| − | *[[John Hanson]] | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *23.[[Samuel Huntington]] |
| − | | + | congregationalist |
| − | *[[Cornelius Harnett]] | + | *24.[[Richard Hutson]] |
| − | | + | congregationalist |
| − | | |
| − | *[[John Harvie]] | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *[[Samuel Holten]] | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *[[Titus Hosmer]] | |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | *[[Richard Hutson]] | |
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| − | | + | *25.[[Edward Langworthy]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[Edward Langworthy]] | + | *26.[[Henry Laurens]] |
| − | | + | Huguenot |
| − | | + | *27.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] |
| − | *[[Henry Laurens]] | + | episcopalinian |
| − | | + | *28.[[Richard Henry Lee]] |
| − | | + | episcopalianian |
| − | *[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] | + | *29.[[Francis Lewis]] |
| − | | + | episcopalianian |
| − | | + | *30.[[James Lovell]] |
| − | *[[Richard Henry Lee]] | + | protestant denomination unknwon |
| − | | + | *31.[[Henry Marchant]] |
| − | | + | protestant denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Francis Lewis]] | + | *32.[[John Mathews]] |
| − | | + | protestant denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *33.[[Thomas McKean]] |
| − | *[[James Lovell]] | + | presbytarian |
| − | | + | *34.[[Gouverneur Morris]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[Henry Marchant]] | + | *35.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | | + | *36.[[John Penn]] |
| − | *[[John Mathews]] | + | Episcopalian |
| − | | + | *37.[[Joseph Reed]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Thomas McKean]] | + | *38.[[Daniel Roberdeau]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *39.[[Nathaniel Scudder]] |
| − | *[[Gouverneur Morris]] | + | presbyterian |
| − | | + | *40.[[Roger Sherman]] |
| − | | + | cogrgeationalist |
| − | *[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] | + | *41.[[Jonathan Bayard Smith]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *42.[[Edward Telfair]] |
| − | *[[John Penn]] | + | protestant denomination uknown |
| − | | + | *43.[[Nicholas Van Dyke]] |
| − | | + | Episcopalian |
| − | *[[Joseph Reed]] | + | *44.[[John Walton]] |
| − | | + | presbytarian |
| − | | + | *45.[[John Wentworth Jr.]] |
| − | *[[Daniel Roberdeau]] | + | protestant denomination unknown |
| − | | + | *46.[[John Williams]] |
| − | | + | Protestant, denomination unknown |
| − | *[[Nathaniel Scudder]] | + | *47.[[John Witherspoon]] |
| − | | + | presbytarian |
| − | | + | *48.[[Oliver Wolcott]] |
| − | *[[Roger Sherman]] | + | Congregationalist |
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| − | *[[Jonathan Bayard Smith]] | |
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| − | *[[Edward Telfair]] | |
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| − | *[[Nicholas Van Dyke]] | |
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| − | *[[John Walton]] | |
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| − | *[[John Wentworth Jr.]] | |
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| − | *[[John Williams]] | |
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| − | *[[John Witherspoon]] | |
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| − | *[[Oliver Wolcott]] | |
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| | *[[Jacob Broom]] | | *[[Jacob Broom]] |
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| | *[[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)|Pierce Butler]] | | *[[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)|Pierce Butler]] |
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| | *[[Daniel Carroll]] | | *[[Daniel Carroll]] |
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| | *[[George Clymer]] | | *[[George Clymer]] |
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| | *[[Jonathan Dayton]] | | *[[Jonathan Dayton]] |
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| | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] | | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] |
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| | *[[Nicholas Gilman]] | | *[[Nicholas Gilman]] |
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| | *[[Nathaniel Gorham]] | | *[[Nathaniel Gorham]] |
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| | *[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]] | | *[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]] |
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| | *[[John Langdon]] | | *[[John Langdon]] |
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| | *[[William Livingston]] | | *[[William Livingston]] |
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| | *[[James Madison]] | | *[[James Madison]] |
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| | *[[James McHenry]] | | *[[James McHenry]] |
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| | *[[Thomas Mifflin]] | | *[[Thomas Mifflin]] |
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| | *[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] | | *[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] |
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| | *[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]] | | *[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]] |
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| − | ==religious list of the singers of the us founding fathers from the articles of confederation the constitution and the declaration of indepence
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| − | A Table of the Religious Affiliations
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| − | of American Founders
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| − | Signer State Doc. Office Affiliation (Ref.)
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| − | Adams, Andrew CT A CO(l)
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| − | Adams, John MA D President CO(b)UN(a)
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| − | Adams, Samuel MA D/A CO(b)
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| − | Adams, Thomas VA A
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| − | Banister, John VA A
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| − | Baldwin, Abraham GA C CO(j,k)PR(n)
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| − | Bartlett, Josiah NH D/A CO(b)
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| − | Bassett, Richard DE C ME(g,j,m,n)
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| − | Bedford, Gunning, Jun. DE C PR(j,m)
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| − | Blair, John VA C Justice PR(a)EP(n)
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| − | Blount, William NC C EP(n)PR(f,j)
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| − | Braxton, Carter VA D
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| − | Brearly, David NJ C EP(n)
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| − | Broom, Jacob DE C QU(n)EP(m)
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| − | Butler, Pierce SC C EP(j,m)
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| − | Carroll, Charles MD D RC(d)
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| − | Carroll, Daniel MD A/C RC(d,j,n)
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| − | Chase, Samuel MD D Justice EP(a)
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| − | Clark, Abraham NJ D PR(c,e)
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| − | Clingan, William PA A
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| − | Collins, John RI A Governor
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| − | Clymer, George PA D/C QU(j,n),EP(j)
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| − | Dana, Francis MA A
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| − | Dayton, Jonothan NJ C PR(n)EP(j)
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| − | Dickenson, John DE A/C QU(j,m,n)EP(j)
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| − | Drayton, William Henry SC A
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| − | Duane, James NY A EP(l)
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| − | Duer, William NY A
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| − | Ellery, William RI(A)MA(D) D/A CO(b)
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| − | Few, William GA C ME(j,k,n)
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| − | Fitzsimons, Thomas PA C RC(j,n)
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| − | (variant spellings: Fitzsimmons, Fitz-Simons)
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| − | Floyd, William NY D PR(c,e)
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| − | Franklin, Benjamin PA D/C EP(n)DE(j)
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| − | Gerry, Elbridge MA D/A EP(j)
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| − | Gilman, Nicholas NH C CO(j,n)
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| − | Gorham, Nathaniel MA C CO(j,n)
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| − | Gwynnett, Button SC D EP(k,o)
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| − | Hall, Lyman SC D CO(b,k)
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| − | Hamilton, Alexander NY C EP(j,n)
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| − | Hancock, John MA A/D CO(b)
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| − | Hanson, John MD A
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| − | Harnett, Cornelious NC A EP(f)DE(f)
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| − | Harrison, Benjamin VA D Governor
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| − | Hart, John NJ D PR(c)
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| − | Harvie, John VA A
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| − | Hewes, Joseph NC D EP?(f)
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| − | Heyward, Thomas SC A
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| − | Heyward, Thomas, Jr. SC D
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| − | Holton, Samuel MA A
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| − | Hooper, William NC D EP(f)
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| − | Hopkins, Stephen RI D
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| − | Hopkinson, Francis NJ D Ep(l)
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| − | Hosmer, Titus CT D
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| − | Huntington, Samuel CT D/A CO(b)
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| − | Hutson, Richard SC A PR(l)
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| − | Ingersoll, Jared PA C PR(j,n)
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| − | Jefferson, Thomas VA D President DE(a)
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
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| | * [https://librivox.org/author/4127 Works by the Founding Fathers of the United States - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]] | | * [https://librivox.org/author/4127 Works by the Founding Fathers of the United States - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]] |
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| | + | https://web.archive.org/web/20190908203938/http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html#Articles |
| | == Founding Fathers Quotes == | | == Founding Fathers Quotes == |
| | * [http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/ Mark's Quotes: Founding Fathers Quotes] | | * [http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/ Mark's Quotes: Founding Fathers Quotes] |
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| | * [http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm Eads Home Ministries: Founding Fathers Quotes] | | * [http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm Eads Home Ministries: Founding Fathers Quotes] |
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| − | ==religious affilaitons==
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| − | https://candst.tripod.com/tnppage/qtable.htm
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| | {{Conservatism}} | | {{Conservatism}} |
| − | {{Greatest Thinkers}}{{Nationalism}} | + | {{Nationalism}} |
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| | [[Category:Founding Fathers]] | | [[Category:Founding Fathers]] |
| | [[Category:Republicanism]] | | [[Category:Republicanism]] |