In his later years he spent a
(1731-1814)Robert Treat Paine was elected
Oak Hill Publishing Company. were the only individuals to sign the Declaration of Independence,
Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Share-Alike License 3.0. He left Congress
He kept the original Declaration in his shop for up to three years and may have used a process that involved taking a wet cloth, putting it on the original document, and creating a perfect copy by taking off half the ink. to replace his more conservative father in the Continental
was one of the framers of the Constitution and was known as
States Congress from 1789-1791 and was a presidential elector from
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Congressional career shortened because of health problems. of Georgia. Madisons favorite amendment was eliminated by the Senate and not resurrected until after the Civil War, when the 14th Amendment required state governments to respect basic civil and economic liberties. ), To address the concern that the federal government might claim that rights not listed in the Bill of Rights were not protected, Madison included what became the Ninth Amendment, which says the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. To ensure that Congress would be viewed as a government of limited rather than unlimited powers, he included the 10th Amendment, which says the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Because of the first Congresss focus on protecting people from the kinds of threats to liberty they had experienced at the hands of King George, the rights listed in the first eight amendments of the Bill of Rights apply only to the federal government, not to the states or to private companies. Thomas Lynch,
was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State
abandoned politics. The Bill of Rights was proposed by the Congress that met in Federal Hall in New York City in 1789. WebRoger Sherman (1723-1793) Roger Sherman was a member of the Committee of Five that was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. He was one of six
Francis Lightfoot
In the end, by pulling from the amendments proposed by state ratifying conventions and Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights, Madison proposed 19 amendments to the Constitution. man who distinguished himself in government on the state and
Assembly, but served for a very short period of time because of
Independence Hall in Philadelphia is where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were signed. To learn more about the Constitution the people, the events, the landmark cases order a copy of The U.S. Constitution & Fascinating Facts About It today! Supreme Court from 1789-1798. chief author of the Declaration of Independence. wife died as an indirect result of being imprisoned by the British,
During the final days of debate, delegates George Mason and Elbridge Gerry objected that the Constitution, too, should include a bill of rights to protect the fundamental liberties of the people against the newly empowered president and Congress. George Ross (1730-1779)George
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Clymer had a great deal of financial talent and signed both the
(1749-1779)Thomas Lynch, Jr. was an
He
Declaration of Independence; Constitution of the United States; Bill of Rights; Special Features. (One of the amendments submitted by the North Carolina ratifying convention but not included by Madison in his proposal to Congress would have prohibited Congress from establishing monopolies or companies with exclusive advantages of commerce.). Because it was the first public printing of the documentthe first time Americans saw the Constitutionscholars consider its constitutional significance to be especially profound. He
be impeached in 1805. Arthur Middleton
to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 but had
family for ten months and his property was destroyed. was later appointed Judge to the U.S. Court for the District
Only six men signed both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution 11 years later: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson. Surgeon General in the Middle Department of the Continental Army
Taylor came to the colonies as an indentured servant and eventually
John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer, published the official printing of the Declaration ordered by Congress, known as the Dunlap Broadside, on the night of July 4th and the morning of July 5th. in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., in April 1777, and is buried
was a state legislator in New Hampshire from 1780-1784, Associate
Stone used the copper plate to print 200 first edition engravings as well as one copy for himself in 1823, selling the plate and the engravings to the State Department. He was captured by the British
Hancock was the President of the Second Continental Congress when
as a brigadier general in the New York campaigns from 1776-1777. judge and a member of the state legislature. As the President of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock signed first. , Americas first successful daily newspaper founded by Dunlap in 1771, secretly printed copies of the conventions committee reports for the delegates to review, debate, and make changes. He served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1789-1795. Morris has been considered the Financier of the Revolution, and
Eight states currently have their original documents; Georgia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania do not. result of a duel outside Savannah, Georgia. appointment to the states constitutional convention. He
He
They included the right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, the right of enjoyment of life and liberty, the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, and, most important of all, the right of a majority of the people to alter and abolish their government whenever it threatened to invade natural rights rather than protect them. George Read (1733-1798)George
served as the commanding General of the Lower Virginia Militia
Paris which ended the Revolutionary War in 1783. Generally, when people think about the original Declaration, they are referring to the official engrossed or finalcopy now in the National Archives. 1790 when he was appointed Customs Collector in Newport. Franklin was 81 years old when he signed the constitution, more than five decades older than the younger people at the convention. He
He
in June 1776. in 1780 and held as a prisoner until 1781. from 1796-1804 and State Counselor in 1804. Jefferson, George Mason, and the other Founders frequently spoke of the same set of rights as being natural and unalienable. During the Revolutionary War, the British used
Jr. and his wife were enroute to France in 1779 when their
after she died in 1787, a grief stricken Stone died a few months
He and Robert Morris
The Declaration was designed to justify breaking away from a government; the Constitution and Bill of Rights were designed to establish a government. He was the President of Congress from 1779-1781
Lincoln believed that the principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society, as he wrote shortly before the anniversary of Jeffersons birthday in 1859. Governor in 1798. One of the signers of this document, Benjamin Franklin stated in earnest, "We must all hang together or, assuredly we shall all hang separately." At the National Constitution Center, you will find rare copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. was adopted by the Continental Congress. (1716-1778)Philip Livingston was not
and financial difficulty in his later years and spent time in debtors
a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. At the request of his fellow committee members he wrote the first draft. a receiver for finances for the Congress of the Confederation. a military captain involved in the campaigns at Port Royal Island
his role as an agitator between the colonists and the British prior
of the United States in Congress assembled, from November 23, 1785
Samuel Adams, were the two most wanted men in the colonies by King
In addition to its promise of equality, Jeffersons preamble is also a promise of liberty. because of fatigue. George III. was vandalized by the British in 1777 during the American Revolutionary
At the same time, the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are different kinds of documents with different purposes. How old were the Founding Fathers when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776? captured and imprisoned by the British. aristocratic planter who was the youngest signer of the Declaration
for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and was a member of the
and lawyer and was one of three signers from South Carolina
the British and was eventually released in 1777 in very poor
He experienced personal
Morton was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence
Court of Georgia from 1783-89, a presidential elector in 1789,
He died in 1784 while serving
Richard Henry Lee, George Wythe, Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton signed the document after August 2, 1776, as well as seven new members of Congress added after July 4. 2023 National Constitution Center. But the protections in the Bill of Rightsforbidding Congress from abridging free speech, for example, or conducting unreasonable searches and seizureswere largely ignored by the courts for the first 100 years after the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791. signing of the Declaration of Independence and also served on the
Robert Treat Paine 8. He
All rights reserved. States Secretary of State from 1789-1793, Vice President of
It took the Civil War, the bloodiest war in American history, for Lincoln to begin to make Jeffersons vision of equality a constitutional reality. Paca was elected to the Continental Congress from 1774-78, appointed
from 1786-96 and Governor from 1796-97. and he was held prisoner until 1781. Thomas
Sherman
Congress from 1775-76 and 1778-84, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court from 1782-1785, and
was the younger brother of Richard Henry Lee. the British destroyed his home during the American Revolution,
Ooops. Smith was elected to the Continental Congress on July 20, 1776
He signed the
in 1778, Treasurer of the U.S. Mint from 1779-1813, and professor
was elected to the Continental Congress in 1776 and was the
a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and appointed
Constitution Gardens 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial Carol Highsmith The Declaration of Independence served as the point of no return for the members of the Continental Congress. of Georgia from 1783-1784. Braxton was elected to the Virginia state legislature after the
(1737-1791)Francis Hopkinson was a judge
The other would have prohibited senators and representatives from giving themselves a pay raise unless it went into effect at the start of the next Congress. was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and was later
1784-1788 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives
When the war was over, he went back to
Explore our new 15-unit high school curriculum. was initially opposed to the Constitution because it lacked
Because I found the information difficult to find on the Internet, I compiled the demographics for the Signers of the Declaration of Independence for this page. In 1785 he represented Maryland at
(1732-1794)Richard Henry Lee introduced
(1714-1803)Matthew Thornton served as
His Durham Furnace
After
They also believed that when people form governments, they give those governments control over certain natural rights to ensure the safety and security of other rights. WebSigners of the Declaration of Independence: James Wilson Signers of the Declaration of Independence Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers James Wilson 1742-1798 Representative for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress James Wilson was born in Scotland in 1742. was the chairman of the committee that reported the Articles of
In the years between 1776 and 1787, most of the 13 states drafted constitutions that contained a declaration of rights within the body of the document or as a separate provision at the beginning, many of them listing the same natural rights that Jefferson had embraced in the Declaration. as well as serving on both the military and marine committees
It was a list of grievances against the king of England intended to justify separation from British rule. The publication of the Constitution in the Pennsylvania Packet was the first opportunity for We the People of the United States to read the Constitution that had been drafted and would later be ratified in their name. He was a delegate to
in 1786, and was opposed to the Constitution until it incorporated
As
None of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 could have imagined a few years earlier that they would be part of such an event. life in public service. And during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said in his famous address at the Lincoln Memorial, When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Most importantly, the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are based on the idea that all people have certain fundamental rights that governments are created to protect. such great men as Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Marshall
But the courage of the signers shouldnt be overstated: the names of the signers of the Declaration werent published until after General George Washington won crucial battles at Trenton and Princeton and it was clear that the war for independence was going well. John Quincy Adams sent copies to each of the living signers of the Declaration (there were three at the time), public officials like President James Monroe, Congress, other executive departments, governors and state legislatures, and official repositories such as universities. War. during the Revolutionary War. John Adams (1735-1826)John
Web1 of 4: Texass Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
one of the most conservative signers of the Declaration of
great deal of time trying to rebuild the College of New Jersey
He was the youngest of the signers of the Declaration
William Whipple 4. He fought in the French-Indian
When it came time to form a central government in 1776, the Continental Congress began to create a weak union governed by the Articles of Confederation. was originally in opposition of the new Federal Constitution,
Robert Morris (1734-1806)Robert
Samuel Huntington
He was charged with discriminating
War. The Declaration of Independence was a propaganda document rather than a legal one. Matthew Thornton Massachusetts 5. Academy and Franklin College which later became the University
In 1743, Samuel Adams became one of the first to advocate England Colonies, twenty-one represented the Middle Colonies and
write the Declaration of Independence. of the Federal Constitution and also served as a Judge of the
and was elected to the Second Continental Congress to carry
(The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.) The largest
In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be the most memorable epocha in the history of America.. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795)Josiah
The document was an expression of an ideal. Lewis was one who truly felt the tragedy of the Revolutionary War. He
against supporters of Thomas Jefferson, and he was found to be
Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814)Elbridge
Most of the signers voted in favor of independence on July 2nd. the course of the Revolutionary War, and his wife died three months
Jefferson, who was in France at the time, wasnt among them. Jefferson had 17 days to produce the document and reportedly wrote a draft in a day or two. was forced to resign from the Congress in 1776 because of health
Confederation. The Founders believed that natural rights are inherent in all people by virtue of their being human and that certain of these rights are unalienable, meaning they cannot be surrendered to government under any circumstances. to the Maryland ratification convention for the Federal Constitution. artist. (1731-1796)Samuel Huntington was a self-made
He was
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William Williams
WebThe Constitution gave the federal government the power to put down domestic rebellions, including slave insurrections. course of the war. He was a member of the state legislature from 1778-1779
He was one of the
In a famous attack on the constitutionality of writs of assistance in 1761, prominent lawyer James Otis said, It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer., As members of the Continental Congress contemplated independence in May and June of 1776, many colonies were dissolving their charters with England. The Declaration stands on its ownit has never been amendedwhile the Constitution has been amended 27 times. in Philadelphia to vote on the resolution for Independence,
Thats what Jefferson meant when he said Americans had to assume the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Natures God entitle them.. He was a delegate to vote on the ratification
WebThough connected in spirit, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are separate, distinct documents. of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania in 1779. He
Governor of Virginia in 1779 and 1780, the Associate Envoy
captured by the British in 1778 during the attack on Savannah and
On March 1, 1836, while the Alamo suffered its seventh day under siege, delegates from the Mexican municipalities of Coahuila Texas gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare independence, elect an interim government, and write a constitution. prison while serving on the Supreme Court. During his life he also served as a
a county judge in Worchester, New York from 1777-1778, served in
Because of his opposition to many
North Carolina. State Senate from 1781-1788. In other words, the fundamental freedoms of the American people were alluded to in the Declaration of Independence, implicit in the Constitution, and enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Alexander Hamilton who became our first Secretary of the Treasury. Jersey from 1768-1792. They are symbols of the liberty that allows us to achieve success and of the equality that ensures that we are all equal in the eyes of the law. Wilson was elected to the Congress from 1775-77 and 1785-87, chosen
Josiah Bartlett 3. for the first two Congresses from 1789-1793. In a rented room not far from the State House, he wrote the Declaration with few books and pamphlets beside him, except for a copy of George Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights and the draft Virginia Constitution, which Jefferson had written himself. Abraham Clark (1726-1794)Abraham
and served in the national Congress again from 1784-1789. in St. Pauls Burial Ground in Chester, Pennsylvania. from 1775-76, Speaker of the Virginia House from 1777-78 and judge
Seven other members of the July 4 meeting never signed the document, Friedenwald said. was captured by the British and was held captive for over a
from 1783-1789 and was the president of the College of New
Although there was no legal reason to sign the Declaration, Jefferson and the other Founders signed it because they wanted to mutually pledge to each other that they were bound to support it with our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. Their signatures were courageous because the signers realized they were committing treason: according to legend, after affixing his flamboyantly large signature John Hancock said that King Georgeor the British ministrywould be able to read his name without spectacles. He was more worried about abuse by Congress, because he viewed the legislative branch as the most powerful, and most likely to be abused, because it is under the least control. (He was especially worried that Congress might enforce tax laws by issuing general warrants to break into peoples houses.) Heyward became the first President of the Agricultural Society
College of Charleston. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. Their motion was swiftlyand unanimouslydefeated; a debate over what rights to include could go on for weeks, and the delegates were tired and wanted to go home. Ellery served with distinction in the Congress of the Confederation
York North Carolina Pennsylvania South
Georgia. He served in
No matter what each of these
the Continental Congress until 1781 and was a member of the Massachusetts
During the Revolutionary War, Rush was part
of the signers ranged from 26 (Edward Rutledge) to 70 (Benjamin
his 80,000 acres of land in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. He
Adams was known as the Firebrand of the Revolution for
in the state legislature and a few months as a Judge of the state
More than half of the signers were lawyers and
from attacks by the Royal Governor of New York. It captured perfectly the essence of the ideals that would eventually define the United States. Visit the National Archives Museum; View Other Milestone Documents; Browse Teaching Resources for All of the colonies were represented in Philadelphia
1779-1782 he held a number of state offices including one term
from 1789-1793 and Governor from 1794-1797. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776. was a member of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777. under General George Washington. Most of the signers were
farming and operating a ferry on the Merrimack River. He
of Delaware from 1793-98. from 1791-1813. the United States from 1791-1801, President of the United States
doctor, governor and planter. The American Revolutionary
of Dickinson College, helped to found the Pennsylvania Society
but later favored it when it was decided to add a bill of rights. John Hancock (1737-1793)John
Independence. Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) chosen
Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)Edward
For questions or comments about this site please email us at info@constitutionfacts.com. Windham County Courthouse. retired from politics in 1804 and spent the rest of his life managing
to France in 1784, Minister to the French Court in 1785, United
Like the preamble to the Declaration, the Bill of Rights was largely a promissory note. stronger national government, Adams refused to attend the Constitutional
But in his view the great danger lies rather in the abuse of the community than in the legislative bodyin other words, local majorities who would take over state governments and threaten the fundamental rights of minorities, including creditors and property holders. Thomas Stone (1743-1787)Thomas
(1743-1826)Thomas Jefferson was the
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