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Fifty-six delegates eventually signed the Declaration:
President of Congress 1. John Hancock (Massachusetts)
New Hampshire 2. Josiah Bartlett 3. William Whipple 4. Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts 5. Samuel Adams 6. John Adams 7. Robert Treat Paine 8. Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island 9. Stephen Hopkins 10. William Ellery
Connecticut 11. Roger Sherman 12. Samuel Huntington 13. William Williams 14. Oliver Wolcott
New York 15. William Floyd 16. Philip Livingston 17. Francis Lewis 18. Lewis Morris
New Jersey 19. Richard Stockton 20. John Witherspoon 21. Francis Hopkinson 22. John Hart 23. Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania 24. Robert Morris 25. Benjamin Rush 26. Benjamin Franklin 27. John Morton 28. George Clymer 29. James Smith 30. George Taylor 31. James Wilson 32. George Ross
Delaware 33. George Read 34. Caesar Rodney 35. Thomas McKean
Maryland 36. Samuel Chase 37. William Paca 38. Thomas Stone 39. Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia 40. George Wythe 41. Richard Henry Lee 42. Thomas Jefferson 43. Benjamin Harrison 44. Thomas Nelson, Jr. 45. Francis Lightfoot Lee 46. Carter Braxton
North Carolina 47. William Hooper 48. Joseph Hewes 49. John Penn
South Carolina 50. Edward Rutledge 51. Thomas Heyward, Jr. 52. Thomas Lynch, Jr. 53. Arthur Middleton
Georgia 54. Button Gwinnett 55. Lyman Hall 56. George Walton
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Was the treaty of Paris signed first than the declaration of independence?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783
What rights do all people have according to the Declaration of Indepenence?
the rights of the people to alter or to abolish their government.
Who signed the Declaration of Independence first second etc?
John Hancock was the first on to sign the Declaration of Independence. His signature is also the largest.
According to the declaration of indepenence the fundamental purpose of government is to do what?
To secure our unalienable Rights. Among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
What date was the Declaration of Independence signed on?
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.
