Declaration of Independence

John Adams committee member, Declaration committee of five; advocate in Congress · American Thomas Jefferson principal author, Principal author of the declaration · American Benjamin Franklin committee member, Declaration committee of five · American Elbridge Gerry signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American John Hancock signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American Samuel Adams signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American Josiah Bartlett signatory, signed for New Hampshire · American William Whipple signatory, signed for New Hampshire · American Matthew Thornton signatory, signed for New Hampshire · American Robert Treat Paine signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American Stephen Hopkins signatory, signed for Rhode Island · American William Ellery signatory, signed for Rhode Island · American Roger Sherman signatory, signed for Connecticut · American Samuel Huntington signatory, signed for Connecticut · American William Williams signatory, signed for Connecticut · American Oliver Wolcott signatory, signed for Connecticut · American William Floyd signatory, signed for New York · American Philip Livingston signatory, signed for New York · American Francis Lewis signatory, signed for New York · American Lewis Morris signatory, signed for New York · American Richard Stockton signatory, signed for New Jersey · American John Witherspoon signatory, signed for New Jersey · American Francis Hopkinson signatory, signed for New Jersey · American John Hart signatory, signed for New Jersey · American Abraham Clark signatory, signed for New Jersey · American Robert Morris signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American Benjamin Rush signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American John Morton signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American George Clymer signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American James Smith signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American George Taylor signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American James Wilson signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American George Ross signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American Caesar Rodney signatory, signed for Delaware · American George Read signatory, signed for Delaware · American Thomas McKean signatory, signed for Delaware · American Samuel Chase signatory, signed for Maryland · American William Paca signatory, signed for Maryland · American Thomas Stone signatory, signed for Maryland · American Charles Carroll of Carrollton signatory, signed for Maryland · American George Wythe signatory, signed for Virginia · American Richard Henry Lee signatory, signed for Virginia · American Benjamin Harrison V signatory, signed for Virginia · American Thomas Nelson Jr. signatory, signed for Virginia · American Francis Lightfoot Lee signatory, signed for Virginia · American Carter Braxton signatory, signed for Virginia · American William Hooper signatory, signed for North Carolina · American Joseph Hewes signatory, signed for North Carolina · American John Penn signatory, signed for North Carolina · American Edward Rutledge signatory, signed for South Carolina · American Thomas Heyward Jr. signatory, signed for South Carolina · American Thomas Lynch Jr. signatory, signed for South Carolina · American Arthur Middleton signatory, signed for South Carolina · American Button Gwinnett signatory, signed for Georgia · American Lyman Hall signatory, signed for Georgia · American George Walton signatory, signed for Georgia · American