Heritage of the Founding Fathers
Heritage of the Founding Fathers
America's Founding Fathers
Samuel Adams, (1722-1803), signed the Declaration of Independence, lieutenant governor, and was known as the “Father of the American Revolution”.
John Adams, (1735-1826), was vice president under George Washington, president, minister to France, minister to Britain, recommended Washington for commander in chief of the continental army, and wrote A Defense of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States.
John Quincy Adams 1767-1848
Fisher Ames 1758-1808
Abraham Baldwin was a chaplain in the Continental Army, signed the Constitution, a U.S. senator, and founded the University of Georgia.
Richard Bassett, (1745-1815), signed the Constitution, was a U.S. senator, and was also a governor.
Gunning Bedford, (1747-1812), signed the Constitution and attended the Constitutional Convention.
John Blair, (1732-1800), signed the Constitution.
Elias Boudinot, (1740-1821), was president of the Continental Congress and was president and founder of the American Bible Society.
David Brearly, (1745-1810), was a signer of the Constitution.
Jacob Broom, (1752-1810), signed the Constitution.
Charles Carroll (1737-1832
Samuel Chase, (1741-1811), signed the Declaration of Independence, was chief justice of Maryland, and was appointed justice on the Supreme Court by Washington.
George Clymer (1739-1813)
John Dickinson, (1733-1808), signed the Constitution, was a member of the Constitutional Congress, and wrote the first draft of the Articles of Confederation
Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), founded the University of Pennsylvania, was governor, and signed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Articles of Confederation.
Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
John Hancock, (1737-1793), was president of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts.
Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)
Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
John Jay, (1745-1829), was a member of the first and second Continental Congress, wrote part of the Federalist papers, and was appointed by Washington as the first chief justice of the supreme Court. He was also president of the American Bible Society.
Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), was president, governor, served in the Virginia assembly, and signed the Declaration of Independence.
William Samuel Johnson, (1727 1819), was a delegate to the stamp act Convention, a member of the Continental Congress, a state representative, a U.S. senator, a Connecticut Supreme Court Justice, and a signer of the Constitution.
Rufus King, (1755-1827), signed the Constitution and was a member of the Continental Congress, a minister to England, a U.S. Senator, and one of the youngest delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
John Langdon, (1741-1819), was a U.S. senator, governor, and signed the Constitution.
William Livingston, (1723-1790), was a governor, a signer of the Constitution, and a member of the first and second Continental Congress.
Richard Henry Lee, (1732-1794), signed the Declaration of Independence and was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and a delegate to the first Continental Congress.
James Madison, (1751-1836), is known as the chief architect of the Constitution. He was president, a member of the Constitutional Convention, and authored 29 out of 85 Federalist Papers. He was also Secretary of State.
John Marshall, (1755-1835), was chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court, minister to France, a U.S. congressman, and a member of the Virginia house of Burgesses. It was at his funeral that the Liberty bell cracked.
Luther Martin, (1748-1826), was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and attorney general of Maryland.
George Mason, (1725-1792), was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He is called the “Father of the Bill of Rights”.
James McHenry, (1753-1816), signed the constitution and was a member of the Continental Congress and the state legislature and was president of the first Bible Society in Baltimore.
James Monroe, (1758-1831), was president, governor, minister to France, minister to Great Britain, and minister to Spain. He also served in the Constitutional Convention and U.S. Senate.
Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816)
Robert Morris 1734-1806
Robert Carter Nicholas, (1715-1780), was a member of the Committees of Correspondence and was at the Continental Convention.
Thomas Paine, (1737-1809), wrote a 16 pamphlet series entitled The American Crisis.
William Patterson, (1745-1806), signed the Declaration of Independence, was a member of the Continental Congress, and was a U.S. senator and governor.
Charles Pinckney 1757-1824
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, (1746-1825), was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a minister to France, helped found the Charleston Bible Society and served as its first president. He also signed the Constitution.
Edmund Jennings Randolph, (1753-1813), was a member of the Continental Congress, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, governor, U.S. attorney general, and was U.S. Secretary of State.
George Reed, (1733-1798), signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and a U.S. senator.
Benjamin Rush, (1745-1813), signed the Declaration of Independence, was treasurer of the U.S. mint, and was called the “Father of Public Schools”.
Roger Sherman, (1721-1793), was the only founding father to sign all 4 major documents (The Articles of Confederation, The Articles of Association, The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution). He was a member of the Continental Congress and attended Constitutional Convention. He was a state senator, a self-taught lawyer, and a judge in Connecticut.
Richard Stockton, (1730-1781), signed the Declaration of Independence and was a member of the Continental Congress.
George Washington, (1723-1799), is one of the well-known figures of the Revolutionary era. He was president, chairmen of the Constitutional Convention, and Commander in Chief of the Continental army.
Noah Webster, (1758-1843), was the author of Webster’s Dictionary. He was elected to the legislature of Connecticut General Assembly, was a judge, and was largely responsible for Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
Hugh Williamson, (1735-1789), signed the Constitution and was a member of the Continental Congress, and the U.S. House of Representatives.
James Wilson, (1742-1798), was a Supreme Court Justice and one of six founding fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He was at the Constitutional Convention.
James Warren 1726-1808
Samuel West 1731-1807
John Witherspoon, (1723-1794), signed the Declaration of Independence and was a member of the Continental Congress. He was president of Princeton College.
George Wythe, (1726-1806), was a member of the Continental Congress and the House of Burgesses. He was also attorney general of the Virginia Colony.
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