Flashcards: Signers of the United States Constitution

Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757 – October 29, 1824) was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives.

William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the U.

Gouverneur Morris I (January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was an Irish-born American statesman.

Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat.

Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jared Ingersoll (October 24, 1749 – October 31, 1822) was an early American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

John Langdon (June 26, 1741 – September 18, 1819), a Founding Father of the United States who, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution, was a politician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and one of the first two United States senators from that state.

Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States.

John Rutledge (September 17, 1739 – July 23, 1800) was the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Thomas Fitzsimons (1741–1811) was an American merchant and statesman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Carroll was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland on July 22, 1730.

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723 – November 16, 1790) was a politician and a Founding Father of the United States.

John Dickinson (November 13 or 15, 1732 – February 14, 1808), a Founding Father of the United States, was a solicitor and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768.

William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) served as the Governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War and was a signer of the United States Constitution.

Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754 – March 4, 1807) was a Connecticut-born and raised minister, Patriot, American politician, and Founding Father.

Hugh Williamson (December 5, 1735 – May 22, 1819) was an American politician.

William Few, Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American politician and a farmer, and a businessman and a Founding Father of the United States.

Robert Morris, Jr.

George Read (/riːd/; September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware.

Nathaniel Gorham (May 27, 1738 – June 11, 1796, his first name is sometimes spelled Nathanial) was a politician and merchant from Massachusetts.

Nicholas Gilman, Jr.

George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 23, 1813) was an American politician and founding father.

William Jackson (March 9, 1759 – December 17, 1828) was a figure in the American Revolution, most noteworthy as the secretary to the United States Constitutional Convention.