List of signatories of the United States Constitution

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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy.

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

This is a list of the signatories of the United States Constitution, first in the order in which their names appear on the document itself, and second in alphabetical order. Led by George Washington, the United States Constitution was signed by these 39 delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 17, 1787. No delegate from Rhode Island signed the document, since the state declined to send a representative. In addition, several notable politicians of the time did not attend the convention, including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (both of whom were overseas working as diplomats), as well as Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, and Patrick Henry (who considered the previous system of government acceptable). In addition to the signatories, a secretary by the name of William Jackson signed the document, not as a delegate, but in attestation of the document's signing.

[edit] Order of signing

[edit] Alphabetically

[edit] See also

• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Gallery of the Founding Fathers of the United States
• The first-platted streets of Madison, Wisconsin are named after the signers of the Constitution.

[edit] References

• Full text of the U.S. Constitution. Accessed July 20, 2005.