Declaration of Independence
The first, largest, and most famous signature is that of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress. The youngest signer was Edward Rutledge (age 26). Benjamin Franklin (age 70) was the oldest. Two future presidents signed: John Adams (second President) and Thomas Jefferson (third President).
Signers:
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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