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| + | == Signatories of the Articles of Confederation == | ||
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| + | *[[Andrew Adams]] | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Adams]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Adams]] | ||
| + | *[[John Banister]] | ||
| + | *[[Josiah Bartlett]] | ||
| + | *[[Daniel Carroll]] | ||
| + | *[[William Clingan]] | ||
| + | *[[John Collins]] | ||
| + | *[[Francis Dana]] | ||
| + | *[[John Dickinson]] | ||
| + | *[[William Henry Drayton]] | ||
| + | *[[James Duane]] | ||
| + | *[[William Duer]] | ||
| + | *[[William Ellery]] | ||
| + | *[[Elbridge Gerry]] | ||
| + | *[[John Hancock]] | ||
| + | *[[John Hanson]] | ||
| + | *[[Cornelius Harnett]] | ||
| + | *[[John Harvie]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]] | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Holten]] | ||
| + | *[[Titus Hosmer]] | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Huntington]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Hutson]] | ||
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| + | *[[Edward Langworthy]] | ||
| + | *[[Henry Laurens]] | ||
| + | *[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Henry Lee]] | ||
| + | *[[Francis Lewis]] | ||
| + | *[[James Lovell]] | ||
| + | *[[Henry Marchant]] | ||
| + | *[[John Mathews]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas McKean]] | ||
| + | *[[Gouverneur Morris]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Morris]] | ||
| + | *[[John Penn]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Reed]] | ||
| + | *[[Daniel Roberdeau]] | ||
| + | *[[Nathaniel Scudder]] | ||
| + | *[[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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Revision as of 19:55, October 29, 2007
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.
The following persons are among the more commonly known Founding Fathers:
- George Washington
- Alexander Hamilton
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Paine
- John Jay
- Gouverneur Morris
- John Witherspoon
- George Mason
- John Adams
- Roger Sherman
- Charles C. Pinckney
- Patrick Henry
- Samuel Adams
- Oliver Ellsworth
Signatories of the Declaration of Independence
Signatories of the Articles of Confederation
Signatories of the United States Constitution
References
External Links
- The National Archives
- The National Archives - Historical Documents
- The Patriot Post - Historical Documents