| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Adams |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1735 |
4-Jul-1826 |
2nd President of the U.S. |
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| John Armstrong |
Politician |
25-Nov-1758 |
1-Apr-1843 |
US Secretary of War, 1813-14 |
| William Blount |
Politician |
6-Apr-1749 |
21-Mar-1800 |
First expulsion from US Senate |
| Pierce Butler |
Politician |
11-Jul-1744 |
15-Feb-1822 |
Twice US Senator from South Carolina |
| Samuel Chase |
Judge |
17-Apr-1741 |
19-Jun-1811 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811 |
| George Clinton |
Military |
26-Jul-1739 |
20-Apr-1812 |
US Vice President, 1805-12 |
| Silas Deane |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1737 |
23-Sep-1789 |
First accredited US diplomat |
| John Dickinson |
Politician |
8-Nov-1732 |
14-Feb-1808 |
Founder of Dickinson College |
| Oliver Ellsworth |
Judge |
29-Apr-1745 |
26-Nov-1807 |
US Chief Justice, 1796-1800 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
| William Grayson |
Politician |
1736 |
12-Mar-1790 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1789-90 |
| Button Gwinnett |
Politician |
1735 |
19-May-1777 |
Most valuable signature |
| Alexander Hamilton |
Government |
11-Jan-1757 |
12-Jul-1804 |
Primary author of The Federalist Papers |
| John Hancock |
Politician |
23-Jan-1737 |
8-Oct-1793 |
First signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| John Hanson |
Politician |
3-Apr-1715 |
22-Nov-1783 |
President of the Continental Congress |
| Patrick Henry |
Politician |
29-May-1736 |
6-Jun-1799 |
Patriot and Governor of Virginia |
| Francis Hopkinson |
Author |
2-Oct-1737 |
9-May-1791 |
The Ballad of the Kegs |
| Jared Ingersoll |
Politician |
24-Oct-1749 |
31-Oct-1822 |
Signed the US Constitution |
| John Jay |
Judge |
12-Dec-1745 |
17-May-1829 |
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Thomas Johnson |
Judge |
4-Nov-1732 |
22-Feb-1819 |
Governor of Maryland, 1777-79 |
| John Langdon |
Politician |
25-Jun-1741 |
18-Sep-1819 |
Twice Governor of New Hamphire |
| Henry Laurens |
Politician |
24-Feb-1724 |
8-Dec-1792 |
Captured negotiating treaty with Holland |
| Richard Henry Lee |
Politician |
20-Jan-1732 |
19-Jun-1794 |
Author of the 10th Amendment |
| Francis Lewis |
Politician |
21-Mar-1713 |
30-Dec-1802 |
Signatory to Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1751 |
28-Jun-1836 |
4th US President, 1809-17 |
| James Monroe |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1758 |
4-Jul-1831 |
5th President of the U.S. |
| Gouverneur Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1752 |
6-Nov-1816 |
American financier, Revolutionary politician |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| Charles Pinckney |
Politician |
26-Oct-1757 |
29-Oct-1824 |
Author of much of the US Constitution |
| David Ramsay |
Historian |
2-Apr-1749 |
8-May-1815 |
The History of the American Revolution |
| Edmund Randolph |
Politician |
10-Aug-1753 |
12-Sep-1813 |
First Attorney General of the US |
| Peyton Randolph |
Politician |
1721 |
23-Oct-1775 |
First President of the Continental Congress |
| George Read |
Government |
18-Sep-1733 |
21-Sep-1798 |
Signed the US Constitution |
| Benjamin Rush |
Politician |
4-Jan-1746 |
19-Apr-1813 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
| Philip Schuyler |
Military |
11-Nov-1733 |
18-Nov-1804 |
US Revolutionary War general |
| Roger Sherman |
Politician |
19-Apr-1721 |
23-Jul-1793 |
Architect of the Connecticut Compromise |
| John Sullivan |
Military |
18-Feb-1740 |
23-Jan-1795 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Artemas Ward |
Military |
26-Nov-1727 |
28-Oct-1800 |
Major General of the Continental Army |
| Joseph Warren |
Government |
11-Jun-1741 |
17-Jun-1775 |
American patriot killed at Bunker Hill |
| George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| Oliver Wolcott |
Politician |
1-Dec-1726 |
1-Dec-1797 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97 |
