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In a Judiciary Committee report published by the House of Representatives in 1854 titled "''Chaplains in Congress and in the Army and Navy''" it was noted that:
 
In a Judiciary Committee report published by the House of Representatives in 1854 titled "''Chaplains in Congress and in the Army and Navy''" it was noted that:
 
:In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity; that, in its general principles, is the great conservative element on which we must rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions. That was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reports_of_Committees/zaoFAAAAQAAJ Reports of Committees - 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session], 1854, H. Rep. 124, 33rd Congress, 1st Session</ref>
 
:In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity; that, in its general principles, is the great conservative element on which we must rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions. That was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reports_of_Committees/zaoFAAAAQAAJ Reports of Committees - 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session], 1854, H. Rep. 124, 33rd Congress, 1st Session</ref>
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== Signatories of the [[Declaration of Independence]] ==
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[[File:Declaration of Independence by Trumbull.jpg|thumb|300px|Signing of the Declaration of Independence, by [[John Trumbull]] in 1817–1819]]
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{|
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*[[John Adams]]
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*[[Samuel Adams]]
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*[[Josiah Bartlett]]
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*[[Carter Braxton]]
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*[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]]
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*[[Samuel Chase]]
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*[[Abraham Clark]]
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*[[George Clymer]]
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*[[William Ellery]]
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*[[William Floyd]]
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*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
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*[[Elbridge Gerry]]
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*[[Button Gwinnett]]
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*[[Lyman Hall]]
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*[[John Hancock]]
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*[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]
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*[[John Hart]]
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*[[Joseph Hewes]]
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*[[Thomas Heyward]]
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| valign="top" |
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*[[William Hooper]]
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*[[Stephen Hopkins]]
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*[[Francis Hopkinson]]
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*[[Samuel Huntington (signer)|Samuel Huntington]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]]
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*[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
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*[[Richard Henry Lee]]
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*[[Francis Lewis]]
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*[[Philip Livingston]]
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*[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]]
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*[[Thomas McKean]]
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*[[Arthur Middleton]]
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*[[Lewis Morris]]
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*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
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*[[John Morton]]
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*[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
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*[[William Paca]]
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*[[John Penn]]
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| valign="top" |
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*[[Robert Treat Paine]]
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*[[George Read]]
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*[[Caesar Rodney]]
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*[[George Ross]]
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*[[Benjamin Rush]]
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*[[Edward Rutledge]]
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*[[Roger Sherman]]
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*[[James Smith (signer)|James Smith]]
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*[[Richard Stockton]]
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*[[Thomas Stone]]
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*[[George Taylor]]
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*[[Matthew Thornton]]
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*[[George Walton]]
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*[[William Whipple]]
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*[[William Williams]]
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*[[James Wilson]]
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*[[John Witherspoon]]
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*[[Oliver Wolcott]]
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*[[George Wythe]]
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|}
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== Signatories of the [[Articles of Confederation]] ==
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{|
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*[[Andrew Adams]]
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*[[Samuel Adams]]
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*[[Thomas Adams]]
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*[[John Banister]]
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*[[Josiah Bartlett]]
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*[[Daniel Carroll]]
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*[[William Clingan]]
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*[[John Collins]]
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*[[Francis Dana]]
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*[[John Dickinson]]
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*[[William Henry Drayton]]
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*[[James Duane]]
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*[[William Duer]]
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*[[William Ellery]]
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*[[Elbridge Gerry]]
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*[[John Hancock]]
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*[[John Hanson]]
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*[[Cornelius Harnett]]
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*[[John Harvie]]
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*[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]]
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*[[Samuel Holten]]
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*[[Titus Hosmer]]
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*[[Samuel Huntington]]
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*[[Richard Hutson]]
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*[[Edward Langworthy]]
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*[[Henry Laurens]]
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*[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
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*[[Richard Henry Lee]]
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*[[Francis Lewis]]
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*[[James Lovell]]
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*[[Henry Marchant]]
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*[[John Mathews]]
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*[[Thomas McKean]]
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*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
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*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
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*[[John Penn]]
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*[[Joseph Reed]]
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*[[Daniel Roberdeau]]
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*[[Nathaniel Scudder]]
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*[[Roger Sherman]]
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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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|}
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== Signatories of the [[United States Constitution]] ==
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[[File:Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States.jpg|thumb|300px|Signing of the United States Constitution, by Howard Chandler Christy in 1940]]
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{|
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*[[Abraham Baldwin]] 
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*[[Richard Bassett]]
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*[[Gunning Bedford, Jr.]]
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*[[John Blair]]
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*[[William Blount]]
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*[[David Brearly]]
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*[[Jacob Broom]]
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*[[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)|Pierce Butler]]
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*[[Daniel Carroll]]
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*[[George Clymer]]
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*[[Jonathan Dayton]]
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*[[John Dickinson]]
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*[[William Few]]
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*[[Thomas Fitzsimons]]
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*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
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*[[Nicholas Gilman]]
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*[[Nathaniel Gorham]]
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*[[Alexander Hamilton]]
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*[[Jared Ingersoll]]
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*[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
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*[[William Samuel Johnson]]
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*[[Rufus King]]
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*[[John Langdon]]
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*[[William Livingston]]
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*[[James Madison]]
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*[[James McHenry]]
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*[[Thomas Mifflin]]
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*[[Gouverneur Morris]]                   
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*[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]
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*[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]]
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*[[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]
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*[[Governor Charles Pinckney|Charles Pinckney]]
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*[[George Read (signer)|George Read]]
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*[[John Rutledge]]
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*[[Roger Sherman]]
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*[[Richard Dobbs Spaight]]
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*[[George Washington]] (president of the Convention)
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*[[Hugh Williamson]]
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*[[James Wilson]]
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*[[William Jackson (secretary)|William Jackson]] (Secretary)
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|}
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== Signatories of the [[Declaration of Independence]] ==
 
== Signatories of the [[Declaration of Independence]] ==
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