Signers of the Declaration of Independence

These 56 members of the Continental Congress declared American independence from England in the summer of 1776.

• Abraham Clark (born 1726, died 1794)

  American political leader.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey
• Arthur Middleton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, South Carolina
• Benjamin Franklin (born 1706, died 1790)

  American statesman, scientist, publisher, and philosopher.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Rush (born 1745, died 1813)

  American physician and politician.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Harrison (born 1726, died 1791)

  American statesman.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• Button Gwinnett
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Georgia
• Caesar Rodney
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Delaware
• Carter Braxton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• Charles Carroll
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Maryland
• Edward Rutledge
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, South Carolina
• Elbridge Gerry
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts
• Francis Hopkinson (born 1737, died 1791)

  American patriot, poet and composer.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey
• Francis Lewis
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York
• Francis Lightfoot Lee
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• George Read
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Delaware
• George Walton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Georgia
• George Taylor
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• George Clymer
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• George Ross
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• George Wythe
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• James Wilson (born 1742, died 1798)

  Scottish-born American jurist and politician.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• James Smith
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• John Hancock

  American patriot whose name is a slang term for a signature, from his elaborate example on the Declaration of Independence.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts
• John Adams (born 1735, died 1826)

  Second President of the U.S., and the first to live in the White House.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts
• John Witherspoon
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey
• John Hart
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey
• John Penn
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, North Carolina
• John Morton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• Joseph Hewes
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, North Carolina
• Josiah Bartlett
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Hampshire
• Lewis Morris (born 1726)
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York
• Lyman Hall
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Georgia
• Matthew Thornton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Hampshire
• Oliver Wolcott (born 1726, died 1797)
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Connecticut
• Philip Livingston
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York
• Richard Stockton
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey
• Richard Henry Lee
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• Robert Treat Paine
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts
• Robert Morris
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania
• Roger Sherman
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Connecticut
• Samuel Chase

  American jurist.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Maryland
• Samuel Huntington
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Connecticut
• Samuel Adams (born 1722, died 1803)

  American patriot and statesman.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts
• Stephen Hopkins
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Rhode Island
• Thomas Jefferson (born 1743, died 1826)

  Architect, philosopher, scholar, author of The Declaration of Independence, and third President of the U.S.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• Thomas McKean
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Delaware
• Thomas Stone
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Maryland
• Thomas Heyward, Jr.
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, South Carolina
• Thomas Lynch, Jr.
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, South Carolina
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia
• William Williams
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Connecticut
• William Paca
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Maryland
• William Whipple
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Hampshire
• William Floyd
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York
• William Hooper
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, North Carolina
• William Ellery
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Rhode Island