List of signers of the United States Constitution

Signers of the United States Constitution, the supreme law of the United States, include 39 of 55 delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention, and the convention's secretary, William Jackson, who signed the document to authenticate the results of the Convention's sessions.^[1] The Constitution, called the most important document in American history, describes the branches of the United States government and how the government should be operated.^[2] It was signed on September 17, 1787, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, with all of the original Thirteen Colonies members sending representatives, with the exception of Rhode Island.^[3]

Of the constitution's 40 signers, 23 were veterans of the Revolutionary War.^[1] Jonathan Dayton was the youngest to sign the Constitution, at the age of 26, while Benjamin Franklin, at the age of 81, was the oldest.^[3] Connecticut's Roger Sherman also signed the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, making him the only person to sign all four documents.^[4] Six other signatories' names are on the Declaration of Independence, while another four are on the Articles of Confederation.

Table key

Table key

	Signer of the Articles of Association[5]
	Signer of the Declaration of Independence[6]
*	Signer of the Articles of Confederation[7]

Signatures

Part of page four of the Constitution, showing the signatures of the delegates

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Order	Name	State represented
1	Washington, George	Virginia
2	Read, George	Delaware
3	Bedford, Jr., GunningGunning Bedford, Jr.	Delaware
4	Dickinson, JohnJohn Dickinson*	Delaware
5	Bassett, RichardRichard Bassett	Delaware
6	Broom, JacobJacob Broom	Delaware
7	McHenry, JamesJames McHenry	Maryland
8	Jenifer, Daniel of St. ThomasDaniel of St. Thomas Jenifer	Maryland
9	Carroll, DanielDaniel Carroll*	Maryland
10	Blair, JohnJohn Blair	Virginia
11	Madison, Jr., JamesJames Madison, Jr.	Virginia
12	Blount, WilliamWilliam Blount	North Carolina
13	Spaight, Richard DobbsRichard Dobbs Spaight	North Carolina
14	Williamson, HughHugh Williamson	North Carolina
15	Rutledge, JohnJohn Rutledge	South Carolina
16	Pinckney, Charles CotesworthCharles Cotesworth Pinckney	South Carolina
17	Pinckney, CharlesCharles Pinckney	South Carolina
18	Butler, PiercePierce Butler	South Carolina
19	Few, WilliamWilliam Few	Georgia
20	Baldwin, AbrahamAbraham Baldwin	Georgia
21	Langdon, JohnJohn Langdon	New Hampshire
22	Gilman, NicholasNicholas Gilman	New Hampshire
23	Gorham, NathanielNathaniel Gorham	Massachusetts
24	King, RufusRufus King	Massachusetts
25	Johnson, William SamuelWilliam Samuel Johnson	Connecticut
26	Sherman, RogerRoger Sherman*	Connecticut
27	Hamilton, AlexanderAlexander Hamilton	New York
28	Livingston, WilliamWilliam Livingston	New Jersey
29	Brearley, DavidDavid Brearley	New Jersey
30	Paterson, WilliamWilliam Paterson	New Jersey
31	Dayton, JonathanJonathan Dayton	New Jersey
32	Franklin, BenjaminBenjamin Franklin	Pennsylvania
33	Mifflin, ThomasThomas Mifflin	Pennsylvania
34	Morris, RobertRobert Morris*	Pennsylvania
35	Clymer, George	Pennsylvania
36	FitzSimons, ThomasThomas FitzSimons	Pennsylvania
37	Ingersoll, JaredJared Ingersoll	Pennsylvania
38	Wilson, JamesJames Wilson	Pennsylvania
39	Morris, GouverneurGouverneur Morris*	Pennsylvania
40	Jackson, WilliamWilliam Jackson	–

See also

• Founding Fathers of the United States
• National Constitution Center
• Constitution of the United States of America, from Wikisource

References

General reference

• "The Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention".  

Notes