MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION WHICH FORMED THE CONSTITUTION.[457]
Those with numbers before their names signed the Constitution.
Those without numbers attended, but did not sign. The dates denote the
first day of their attendance. Those in italics never attended.
New Hampshire.
| 1. | John Langdon, | 23 July. | 2. | Nicholas Gilman, | 23 July. |
| John Pickering. | Benjamin West. |
Massachusetts.
| Francis Dana. | 4. | Rufus King, | 25 May. | ||
| Elbridge Gerry, | 29 May. | Caleb Strong, | 28 May. | ||
| 3. | Nathaniel Gorham, | 28 May. |
Rhode Island. [No appointment.]
Connecticut.
| 5. | William S. Johnson, | 2 June. | Oliver Ellsworth, | 29 May. | |
| 6. | Roger Sherman, | 30 May. |
New York.
| Robert Yates, | 25 May. | John Lansing, | 2 June. | ||
| 7. | Alexander Hamilton, | 25 May. |
New Jersey.
| 8. | William Livingston, | 5 June. | John Neilson. | ||
| 9. | David Brearley, | 25 May. | Abraham Clark. | ||
| William C. Houston, | 25 May. | 11. | Jonathan Dayton, | 21 June. | |
| 10. | William Patterson, | 25 May. |
Pennsylvania.
| 12. | Benjamin Franklin, | 28 May. | 16. | Thomas Fitzsimons, | 25 May. |
| 13. | Thomas Mifflin, | 28 May. | 17. | Jared Ingersoll, | 28 May. |
| 14. | Robert Morris, | 25 May. | 18. | James Wilson, | 25 May. |
| 15. | George Clymer, | 28 May. | 19. | Gouverneur Morris, | 25 May. |
Delaware.
| 20. | George Read, | 25 May. | 23. | Richard Bassett, | 25 May. |
| 21. | Gunning Bedford, Jr. | 28 May. | 24. | Jacob Broom, | 25 May. |
| 22. | John Dickinson, | 28 May. |
Maryland.
| 25. | James McHenry, | 29 May. | 27. | Daniel Carroll, | 9 July. |
| 26. | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, | 2 June. | John Francis Mercer, | 6 Aug. | |
| Luther Martin, | 9 June. |
Virginia.
| 28. | George Washington, | 25 May. | George Mason, | 25 May. | |
| Patrick Henry (declined). | George Wythe, | 25 May. | |||
| Edmund Randolph, | 25 May. | James McClurg (in the room of P. Henry) | 25 May. | ||
| 29. | John Blair, | 25 May. | |||
| 30. | James Madison, Jr. | 25 May. |
North Carolina.
| Richard Caswell (resigned). | Willie Jones (declined). | ||||
| Alexander Martin, | 25 May. | 32. | Richard D. Spaight, | 25 May. | |
| William R. Davie, | 25 May. | 33. | Hugh Williamson (in the room of W. Jones), | 25 May. | |
| 31. | William Blount (in the room of R. Caswell) | 20 June. |
South Carolina.
| 34. | John Rutledge, | 25 May. | 36. | Charles Pinckney, | 25 May. |
| 35. | Charles C. Pinckney, | 25 May. | 37. | Pierce Butler, | 25 May. |
Georgia.
| 38. | William Few, | 25 May. | George Walton. | ||
| 39. | Abraham Baldwin, | 11 June. | William Houstoun, | 1 June. | |
| William Pierce, | 31 May. | Nathaniel Pendleton. |