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The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
and the new States they represented

JOHN HANCOCK
President of the Continental Congress
1775-1777

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The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:

Column 1

Georgia:

Button Gwinnett ------ Merchant
Lyman Hall ----------- Physician
George Walton ------- Judge
 

Column 2

North Carolina:

William Hooper ------ Lawyer
Joseph Hewes ------- Merchant
John Penn -----------  Lawyer
 

South Carolina:

Edward Rutledge ------- Lawyer
Thomas Heyward, Jr. --- Lawyer, Farmer
Thomas Lynch, Jr. ------ Farmer
Arthur Middleton ------- Farmer
 

Column 3

Massachusetts:

John Hancock ---------- Merchant
 

Maryland:

Samuel Chase ----------------- Judge
William Paca ------------------ Judge
Thomas Stone ----------------- Lawyer
Charles Carroll of Carrollton --- Lawyer
 

Virginia:

George Wythe --------- Lawyer
Richard Henry Lee ----- Farmer
Thomas Jefferson ------- Lawyer
Benjamin Harrison ------ Farmer
Thomas Nelson, Jr. ----- Farmer
Francis Lightfoot Lee --- Farmer
Carter Braxton --------- Farmer
 

Column 4

Pennsylvania:

Robert Morris --------- Merchant
Benjamin Rush --------- Physician
Benjamin Franklin ------ Printer, Publisher
John Morton ----------- Judge
George Clymer -------- Merchant
James Smith ----------- Lawyer
George Taylor --------- Ironmaster
James Wilson ---------- Judge
George Ross ----------- Judge
 

Delaware:

Caesar Rodney --------- Judge
George Read ----------- Judge
Thomas McKean ------- Lawyer
 

Column 5

New York:

William Floyd ----------- Soldier
Philip Livingston -------- Merchant
Francis Lewis ---------- Merchant
Lewis Morris ----------- Farmer
 

New Jersey:

Richard Stockton ------- Lawyer
John Witherspoon ------ Educator
Francis Hopkinson ------ Judge, Author
John Hart --------------- Farmer
Abraham Clark --------- Surveyor
 

Column 6

New Hampshire:
 

Josiah Bartlett ---------- Physician, Judge
William Whipple -------- Merchant, Judge
 

Massachusetts:

Samuel Adams ---------- Political Leader
John Adams ------------- Lawyer
Robert Treat Paine ------ Judge
Elbridge Gerry ---------- Merchant
 
 

Rhode Island:

Stephen Hopkins -------- Judge, Educator
William Ellery -----------  Lawyer
 

Connecticut:

Roger Sherman ---------- Lawyer
Samuel Huntington ------- Judge
William Williams --------- Merchant
Oliver Wolcott ----------- Judge
 

New Hampshire:

Matthew Thornton ------- Physician 

If you're interested in learning more about the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, I would highly recommend the following site:
Biographies of the Founding Fathers

Biographical sketches taken from the 1829 book, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich.

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