in all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan ...
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39 delegates signed the constitution. 55 delegates were at the convention, but only 39 signed it.
3 delegates didn't sign the constitution because they thought it would give Central America too much power.
56 people signed the Declaration. Check the link for a full list of signers.
August 2, 1776 is when the most delegates had signed the declaration of independance.
On July 4, 1776, John Hancock and Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, signed the first copy. Later Congress directed the Declaration be engrossed and signed by all delegates. Most of the delgates whose names are on the Declaration signed it on August 2, 1776. A few delegates signed on later days.
Treason against the English monarchy.
Of the 55 delegates that signed the Declaration of Independence, about one half had attended or graduated from a college. George Washington attend William and Mary College long enough to qualify as a surveyor.