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The 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence were: Delaware

• George Read

• Caesar Rodney

• Thomas McKean

Pennsylvania

• George Clymer

Benjamin Franklin

• Robert Morris

• John Morton

• Benjamin Rush

• George Ross

• James Smith

• James Wilson

• George Taylor

Massachusetts

•John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Robert Treat Paine

• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire

• Josiah Bartlett

• William Whipple

• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island

• Stephen Hopkins

• William Ellery

New York

• Lewis Morris

• Philip Livingston

• Francis Lewis

• William Floyd

Georgia

• Button Gwinnett

• Lyman Hall

• George Walton

Virginia

• Richard Henry Lee

• Francis Lightfoot Lee

• Carter Braxton

Benjamin Harrison

Thomas Jefferson

• George Wythe

• Thomas Nelson, Jr.

North Carolina

• William Hooper

• John Penn

• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina

• Edward Rutledge

• Arthur Middleton

• Thomas Lynch, Jr.

• Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey

• Abraham Clark

• John Hart

• Francis Hopkinson

• Richard Stockton

• John Witherspoon

Connecticut

• Samuel Huntington

• Roger Sherman

• William Williams

• Oliver Wolcott

Maryland

• Charles Carroll

• Samuel Chase

• Thomas Stone

• William Paca

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[Column 1]

Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton [Column 2]

North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton [Column 3]

Massachusetts: John Hancock

Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton [Column 4]

Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean [Column 5]

New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark [Column 6]

New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple

Massachusetts: Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New Hampshire: Matthew Thornton

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The 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence were:

Delaware
• George Read
• Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean

Pennsylvania
• George Clymer
• Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Morris
• John Morton
• Benjamin Rush
• George Ross
• James Smith
• James Wilson
• George Taylor

Massachusetts
John Adams
• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock
• Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire
• Josiah Bartlett
• William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island
• Stephen Hopkins
• William Ellery

New York
• Lewis Morris
• Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis
• William Floyd

Georgia
• Button Gwinnett
• Lyman Hall
• George Walton

Virginia
• Richard Henry Lee
• Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton
• Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Wythe
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.

North Carolina
• William Hooper
• John Penn
• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina
• Edward Rutledge
• Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr.
• Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey
• Abraham Clark
• John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson
• Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon

Connecticut
• Samuel Huntington
• Roger Sherman
• William Williams
• Oliver Wolcott

Maryland
• Charles Carroll
• Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone
• William Paca

Source: ushistory.org

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The representatives of the various states signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock and John Adams were from Massachusetts. Benjamin Franklin was from Pennsylvania. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were from Virginia.

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Delaware

• George Read

• Caesar Rodney

• Thomas McKean

Pennsylvania

• George Clymer

• Benjamin Franklin

• Robert Morris

• John Morton

• Benjamin Rush

• George Ross

• James Smith

• James Wilson

• George Taylor

Massachusetts

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Robert Treat Paine

• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire

• Josiah Bartlett

• William Whipple

• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island

• Stephen Hopkins

• William Ellery

New York

• Lewis Morris

• Philip Livingston

• Francis Lewis

• William Floyd

Georgia

• Button Gwinnett

• Lyman Hall

• George Walton

Virginia

• Richard Henry Lee

• Francis Lightfoot Lee

• Carter Braxton

• Benjamin Harrison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Wythe

• Thomas Nelson, Jr.

North Carolina

• William Hooper

• John Penn

• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina

• Edward Rutledge

• Arthur Middleton

• Thomas Lynch, Jr.

• Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey

• Abraham Clark

• John Hart

• Francis Hopkinson

• Richard Stockton

• John Witherspoon

Connecticut

• Samuel Huntington

• Roger Sherman

• William Williams

• Oliver Wolcott

Maryland

• Charles Carroll

• Samuel Chase

• Thomas Stone

• William Paca

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5 members worked on the Declaration of Independence, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. But Thomas Jefferson was chosen to be the main author.

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The 4 men from Maryland that signed the declaration of Independence were Samuel Chase, Charles Carroll, William Paco and Thomas Stone

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The six men who signed both documents were:

1. James Wilson

2. George Read

3. Roger Sherman

4. Benjamin Franklin

5. Robert Morris

6. George Clymer

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