Alphabetical List of Delegates
Introduction
It has often been remarked that in the journey of life, the young rely on energy to counteract the experience of the old. And vice versa. What makes this Constitutional Convention remarkable is that the delegates were both young and experienced. The average age of the delegates was 42 and four of the most influential delegates—Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, Gouvernor Morris, and James Madison—were in their thirties. Over half of the delegates graduated from College with nine from Princeton and six from British Universities. Even more significant was the continental political experience of the Framers: 8 signed the Declaration of Independence, 25 served in the Continental Congress, 15 helped draft the new State Constitutions between 1776 and 1780, and 40 served in the Confederation Congress between 1783 and 1787.
* indicates delegates who did not sign the Constitution
List of Delegates
-B-
- Abraham Baldwin (GA)
- Richard Bassett (DE)
- Gunning Bedford, Jr. (DE)
- John Blair (VA)
- William Blount (NC)
- David Brearly (Brearley) (NJ)
- Jacob Broom (DE)
- Pierce Butler (SC)
-C-
- Daniel Carroll (MD)
- George Clymer (PA)
-D-
- William R. Davie* (NC)
- Jonathan Dayton (NJ)
- John Dickinson (DE)
-E-
- Oliver Ellsworth (Elsworth) (CT)
-F-
- William Few (GA)
- Thomas Fitzsimons (FitzSimons; Fitzsimmons) (PA)
- Benjamin Franklin (PA)
-G-
- Elbridge Gerry* (MA)
- Nicholas Gilman (NH)
- Nathaniel Gorham (MA)
-H-
- Alexander Hamilton (NY)
- William C. Houston* (NJ)
- William Houstoun* (GA)
-I-
- Jared Ingersoll (PA)
-J-
-K-
- Rufus King (MA)
-L-
- John Langdon (NH)
- John Lansing, Jr.* (NY)
- William Livingston (NJ)
-M-
- James Madison Jr. (VA)
- Alexander Martin* (NC)
- Luther Martin* (MD)
- George Mason* (VA)
- James McClurg* (VA)
- James McHenry (MD)
- John F. Mercer* (MD)
- Thomas Mifflin (PA)
- Gouverneur Morris (PA)
- Robert Morris (PA)
-P-
- William Paterson (Patterson) (NJ)
- William L. Pierce* (GA)
- Charles Pinckney (SC)
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (SC)
-R-
- Edmund J. Randolph* (VA)
- George Read (DE)
- John Rutledge (SC)
-S-
- Roger Sherman (CT)
- Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC)
- Caleb Strong* (MA)
-W-
- George Washington (VA)
- Hugh Williamson (NC)
- James Wilson (PA)
- George Wythe* (VA)
-Y-
- Robert Yates* (NY)