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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 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.
'''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 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]] Unitarian
*1.[[John Adams]]
2.[[Samuel Adams]]
2.[[Samuel Adams]]
3.[[Josiah Bartlett]]
3.[[Josiah Bartlett]]
4.[[Carter Braxton]]
4.[[Carter Braxton]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
5.[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]]
5.[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]]
6.[[Samuel Chase]]
6.[[Samuel Chase]]
7.[[Abraham Clark]]
7.[[Abraham Clark]]
8.[[George Clymer]]
8.[[George Clymer]]
* Christian-Episcopalian
*
9.[[William Ellery]]
9.[[William Ellery]]
* Christian- Congregationalist
*
10.[[William Floyd]]
10.[[William Floyd]]
* Christian- Congregationalist
*
11.[[Benjamin Franklin]]
11.[[Benjamin Franklin]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
12.[[Elbridge Gerry]]
12.[[Elbridge Gerry]]
* Christian-Episcopalian
*
13.[[Button Gwinnett]]
13.[[Button Gwinnett]]
* Christian- Episcopalian; Congregationalist
*
14.[[Lyman Hall]]
14.[[Lyman Hall]]
* Christian- Congregationalist
*
15.[[John Hancock]]
15.[[John Hancock]]
* Christian- Congregationalist
*
16.[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]
16.[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]
* Christian- Episcopalian [
*
17.[[John Hart]]
17.[[John Hart]]
* Christian- Presbyterian
*
18.[[Joseph Hewes]]
18.[[Joseph Hewes]]
* Christian- Quaker, Episcopalian
*
19.[[Thomas Heyward]]
19.[[Thomas Heyward]]
* Episcopalian
*
20.[[William Hooper]]
20.[[William Hooper]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
21.[[Stephen Hopkins]]
21.[[Stephen Hopkins]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
22.[[Francis Hopkinson]]
22.[[Francis Hopkinson]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
23.[[Samuel Huntington (signer)|Samuel Huntington]]
23.[[Samuel Huntington (signer)|Samuel Huntington]]
* Christian- Congregationalist
*
24.[[Thomas Jefferson]]
24.[[Thomas Jefferson]]
* Christian
*
25.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
25.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
26.[[Richard Henry Lee]]
26.[[Richard Henry Lee]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
27.[[Francis Lewis]]
27.[[Francis Lewis]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
28.[[Philip Livingston]]
28.[[Philip Livingston]]
* Christian- Presbyterian
*
29.[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]]
29.[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
30.[[Thomas McKean]]
30.[[Thomas McKean]]
* Christian- Presbyterian
*
31.[[Arthur Middleton]]
31.[[Arthur Middleton]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
32.[[Lewis Morris]]
32.[[Lewis Morris]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
34.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
34.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
35.[[John Morton]]
35.[[John Morton]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
36.[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
36.[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
37.[[William Paca]]
37.[[William Paca]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
38.[[John Penn]]
38.[[John Penn]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
39.[[Robert Treat Paine]]
39.[[Robert Treat Paine]]
* Christian- Congregationalist; Unitarian
*
40.[[George Read]]
40.[[George Read]]
* Christian- Episcopalian
*
41.[[Caesar Rodney]]
41.[[Caesar Rodney]]
* Christian- Episcopalian [
*
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]] Christian- Episcopalian
57.[[George Wythe]]
|}
|}
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*1.[[Andrew Adams]]
*[[Samuel Adams]]
*2.[[Samuel Adams]]
*[[Josiah Bartlett]]
*3.[[Thomas Adams]]
*[[Daniel Carroll]]
*4.[[John Banister]]
*[[William Ellery]]
*5.[[Josiah Bartlett]]
*[[John Dickinson]]
*6.[[Daniel Carroll]]
*[[Elbridge Gerry]]
*7.[[William Clingan]]
*[[John Hancock]]
*8.[[John Collins]]
*[[Samuel Huntington]]
*9.[[Francis Dana]]
*[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]]
*10.[[John Dickinson]]
*[[Thomas Adams]]
*11.[[William Henry Drayton]]
*[[John Banister]]
*12.[[James Duane]]
*13.[[William Duer]]
*[[William Clingan]]
*14.[[William Ellery]]
*[[John Collins]]
*15.[[Elbridge Gerry]]
*16.[[John Hancock]]
*[[Francis Dana]]
*17.[[John Hanson]]
*[[William Henry Drayton]]
*18.[[Cornelius Harnett]]
*19.[[John Harvie]]
*[[James Duane]]
*[[William Duer]]
*21.[[Samuel Holten]]
*22.[[Titus Hosmer]]
*[[John Hanson]]
*24.[[Richard Hutson]]
*[[Cornelius Harnett]]
*[[John Harvie]]
*[[Samuel Holten]]
*[[Titus Hosmer]]
*[[Richard Hutson]]
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*25.[[Edward Langworthy]]
*26.[[Henry Laurens]]
*[[Edward Langworthy]]
*27.[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
*[[Henry Laurens]]
*28.[[Richard Henry Lee]]
*29.[[Francis Lewis]]
*[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
*30.[[James Lovell]]
*[[Richard Henry Lee]]
*31.[[Henry Marchant]]
*32.[[John Mathews]]
*[[Francis Lewis]]
*33.[[Thomas McKean]]
*[[James Lovell]]
*34.[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*35.[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
*[[Henry Marchant]]
*36.[[John Penn]]
*[[John Mathews]]
*37.[[Joseph Reed]]
*38.[[Daniel Roberdeau]]
*[[Thomas McKean]]
*39.[[Nathaniel Scudder]]
*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*40.[[Roger Sherman]]
*41.[[Jonathan Bayard Smith]]
*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
*42.[[Edward Telfair]]
*[[John Penn]]
*43.[[Nicholas Van Dyke]]
*44.[[John Walton]]
*[[Joseph Reed]]
*45.[[John Wentworth Jr.]]
*[[Daniel Roberdeau]]
*46.[[John Williams]]
*47.[[John Witherspoon]]
*[[Nathaniel Scudder]]
*48.[[Oliver Wolcott]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[Jonathan Bayard Smith]]
*[[Edward Telfair]]
*[[Nicholas Van Dyke]]
*[[John Walton]]
*[[John Wentworth Jr.]]
*[[John Williams]]
*[[John Witherspoon]]
*[[Oliver Wolcott]]
|}
|}
{|
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*[[Abraham Baldwin]]
*[[Abraham Baldwin]]
*[[Richard Bassett]]
*[[Richard Bassett]]
*[[Gunning Bedford, Jr.]]
*[[Gunning Bedford, Jr.]]
*[[John Blair]]
*[[John Blair]]
*[[William Blount]]
*[[William Blount]]
*[[David Brearly]]
*[[David Brearly]]
*[[Jacob Broom]]
*[[Jacob Broom]]
*[[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)|Pierce Butler]]
*[[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)|Pierce Butler]]
*[[Daniel Carroll]]
*[[Daniel Carroll]]
*[[George Clymer]]
*[[George Clymer]]
*[[Jonathan Dayton]]
*[[Jonathan Dayton]]
*[[John Dickinson]]
*[[John Dickinson]]
*[[William Few]]
*[[William Few]]
*[[Thomas Fitzsimons]]
*[[Thomas Fitzsimons]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
*[[Nicholas Gilman]]
*[[Nicholas Gilman]]
*[[Nathaniel Gorham]]
*[[Nathaniel Gorham]]
*[[Alexander Hamilton]]
*[[Alexander Hamilton]]
*[[Jared Ingersoll]]
*[[Jared Ingersoll]]
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*[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
*[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
*[[William Samuel Johnson]]
*[[William Samuel Johnson]]
*[[Rufus King]]
*[[Rufus King]]
*[[John Langdon]]
*[[John Langdon]]
*[[William Livingston]]
*[[William Livingston]]
*[[James Madison]]
*[[James Madison]]
*[[James McHenry]]
*[[James McHenry]]
*[[Thomas Mifflin]]
*[[Thomas Mifflin]]
*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
*[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]]
*[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]]
*[[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]
*[[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]
*[[Governor Charles Pinckney|Charles Pinckney]]
*[[Governor Charles Pinckney|Charles Pinckney]]
*[[George Read (signer)|George Read]]
*[[George Read (signer)|George Read]]
*[[John Rutledge]]
*[[John Rutledge]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[Richard Dobbs Spaight]]
*[[Richard Dobbs Spaight]]
*[[George Washington]] (president of the convention)
*[[George Washington]] (president of the convention)
*[[Hugh Williamson]]
*[[Hugh Williamson]]
*[[James Wilson]]
*[[James Wilson]]
*[[William Jackson (secretary)|William Jackson]] (Secretary)
*[[William Jackson (secretary)|William Jackson]] (Secretary)
|}
|}
*[[Thomas Paine]]
*[[Thomas Paine]]
|}
|}
==religious list of the singers of the us founding fathers from the articles of confederation the constitution and the declaration of indepence
A Table of the Religious Affiliations
of American Founders
Signer State Doc. Office Affiliation (Ref.)
Adams, Andrew CT A CO(l)
Adams, John MA D President CO(b)UN(a)
Adams, Samuel MA D/A CO(b)
Adams, Thomas VA A
Banister, John VA A
Baldwin, Abraham GA C CO(j,k)PR(n)
Bartlett, Josiah NH D/A CO(b)
Bassett, Richard DE C ME(g,j,m,n)
Bedford, Gunning, Jun. DE C PR(j,m)
Blair, John VA C Justice PR(a)EP(n)
Blount, William NC C EP(n)PR(f,j)
Braxton, Carter VA D
Brearly, David NJ C EP(n)
Broom, Jacob DE C QU(n)EP(m)
Butler, Pierce SC C EP(j,m)
Carroll, Charles MD D RC(d)
Carroll, Daniel MD A/C RC(d,j,n)
Chase, Samuel MD D Justice EP(a)
Clark, Abraham NJ D PR(c,e)
Clingan, William PA A
Collins, John RI A Governor
Clymer, George PA D/C QU(j,n),EP(j)
Dana, Francis MA A
Dayton, Jonothan NJ C PR(n)EP(j)
Dickenson, John DE A/C QU(j,m,n)EP(j)
Drayton, William Henry SC A
Duane, James NY A EP(l)
Duer, William NY A
Ellery, William RI(A)MA(D) D/A CO(b)
Few, William GA C ME(j,k,n)
Fitzsimons, Thomas PA C RC(j,n)
(variant spellings: Fitzsimmons, Fitz-Simons)
Floyd, William NY D PR(c,e)
Franklin, Benjamin PA D/C EP(n)DE(j)
Gerry, Elbridge MA D/A EP(j)
Gilman, Nicholas NH C CO(j,n)
Gorham, Nathaniel MA C CO(j,n)
Gwynnett, Button SC D EP(k,o)
Hall, Lyman SC D CO(b,k)
Hamilton, Alexander NY C EP(j,n)
Hancock, John MA A/D CO(b)
Hanson, John MD A
Harnett, Cornelious NC A EP(f)DE(f)
Harrison, Benjamin VA D Governor
Hart, John NJ D PR(c)
Harvie, John VA A
Hewes, Joseph NC D EP?(f)
Heyward, Thomas SC A
Heyward, Thomas, Jr. SC D
Holton, Samuel MA A
Hooper, William NC D EP(f)
Hopkins, Stephen RI D
Hopkinson, Francis NJ D Ep(l)
Hosmer, Titus CT D
Huntington, Samuel CT D/A CO(b)
Hutson, Richard SC A PR(l)
Ingersoll, Jared PA C PR(j,n)
Jefferson, Thomas VA D President DE(a)
Jennifer, Dan oF St. Thomas MD C EP(j,n)
Johnson, Wm. Saml. CT C Justice PR(a)EP(j,n)
King, Rufas MA C EP(j)CO(n)
Langdon, John NH C CO(j,n)
Langworthy, Edward GA A EP(o)
Laurens, Henry SC A HU(l)
Lee, Henry Lightfoot VA D/A
Lee, Richard Henry VA D/A Senator
Lewis, Francis NY D/A
Livingston, Phil. NY D P(c)
Livingston, Wil. NJ C PR(j,n)
Lovell, James MA A
Lynch, Thomas Junr. SC D
Madison, James Jr. VA C President EP(a,j,n)TH(i)
Marchant, Henry RI A
Mathews, John SC A
McHenry, James MD C PR(j,n)
Middleton, Arthur SC D
Miflin, Thomas PA C QU(n)LU(j)
M'Kean, Thomas DE D/A PR(m)
Morris, Gouv. NY(A)PA(C) A/C EP(j)DE(i,n)
Morris, Lewis NY D
Morris, Robert PA D/A/C EP(j,n)
Morton, John PA D
Nelson, Thomas Jr. VA D
Paca, William MD D
Paine, Robert Treat MA D CO(b)
Paterson, William NJ C Justice PT(a)PR(j,n)
Penn, John NC D/A UK(f)
Pinckney, Charles SC C EP(j,n)
Pinckney, Chas. Cotesworth SC C EP(j,n)
Read, George DE D/C EP(j,m,n)
Reed, Joseph PA A
Roberdeau, Daniel PA A
Rodney, Caesar DE D EP(m)
Ross, George PA D
Rush, Benjamin PA D PR(c,e)UN
Rutledge, Edward SC D Justice CE(a)
Rutledge, J. SC C EP(j,n)
Scudder, Nathaniel NJ A
Sherman, Roger CT D/A/C CO(b,j,n)
Smith, James PA D PR(c,e)
Smith, Jona. Bayard PA A
Spaight, Richard Dobbs NC C EP(f,j,n)
Stockton, Richard NJ D PR(c,e)
Stone, Thomas MD D
Taylor, George PA D PR(c,e)
Telfair, Edward GA A
Thornton, Matthew NH D PR(c,e)
Van Dyke, Nicholas DE A EP(m)
Walton, George GA D AN(o)
Walton, Jno. GA A
Washington, George VA C President EP(a,j,n)TH(i)
Wentworth, John Junr. NH A
Whipple, William NH D CO(b)
Williams, Jonothan NC A UK(f)
Williams, William CT D CO(b)
Williamson, Hu NC C PR(f,n)DE(j)
Wilson, James PA D/C Ch. Justice* EP(a)PR(e,n)DE(j)
Witherspoon, Jonothan NJ D/A Minister PR(c)(e)
Wolcott, Oliver CT D/A CO(b)
Wythe, George VA D EP(j)
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [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]]
== 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]
* [http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm Eads Home Ministries: Founding Fathers Quotes]
* [http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm Eads Home Ministries: Founding Fathers Quotes]
==religious affilaitons==
https://candst.tripod.com/tnppage/qtable.htm
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