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The Religions of the Signers of the U.S. Constitution

 

Signers 

 

done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,

 

G°. Washington (General George Washington), R-Episcopalian
Presidt and deputy from Virginia (President and Deputy of Virginia)

 

Delaware
Geo: Read (George Read); R-Episcopalian

Gunning Bedford jun (Gunning Bedford, Jr.); R-Presbyterian
John Dickinson; R-Quaker & Episcopalian 
Richard Bassett; R-Methodist
Jaco: Broom (Jacob Broom); R-Lutheran

 

Maryland
James McHenry, R-Presbyterian 
Dan of St Thos. Jenifer (Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer); R-Episcopalian
Danl. Carroll (Daniel Carroll); R-Catholic

 

Virginia
John Blair; R-Presbyterian and Episcopalian 
James Madison Jr.; R-Episcopalian 

 

North Carolina
Wm. Blount (William Blount); R-Episcopalian and Presbyterian
Richd. Dobbs Spaight (Richard Dobbs Spaight); R-Episcopalian
Hu Williamson (Hugh Williamson); R-Presbyterian

 

South Carolina
J. Rutledge (John Rutledge); R-Episcopalian
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; R-Episcopalian 
Charles Pinckney; R-Episcopalian 
Pierce Butler; R-Episcopalian 

 

Georgia
William Few; R-Methodist
Abr Baldwin (Abraham Baldwin); R-Congregationalist and Episcopalian

 

New Hampshire
John Langdon; R-Congregationalist 
Nicholas Gilman; R-Congregationalist

 

Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham; R-Congregationalist
Rufus King; R-Episcopalian and Congregationalist 

 

Connecticut
Wm. Saml. Johnson (William Samuel Johnson); R-Presbyterian and Episcopalian
Roger Sherman; R-Congregationalist

 

New York
Alexander Hamilton; R-Huguenot, Presbyterian, and Episcopalian

 

New Jersey
Wil: Livingston (William Livingston); R-Presbyterian
David Brearley; R-Episcopalian
Wm. Paterson (William Paterson); R-Presbyterian
Jona: Dayton (Jonathan Dayton); R-Presbyterian and Episcopalian

 

Pensylvania
B Franklin (Benjamin Franklin); R-Episcopalian (Deist)
Thomas Mifflin; R-Quaker and Lutheran
Robt. Morris (Robert Morris); R-Episcopalian
Geo. Clymer (George Clymer); R-Quaker and Episcopalian
Thos. FitzSimons (Thomas FitzSimons); R-Catholic
Jared Ingersoll (Jared Ingersoll); R-Presbyterian
James Wilson James Wilson); R-Episcopalian and Presbyteran
Gouv Morris (Gouverneur Morris); R-Episcopalian

 

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