July 4, 1776 (and following)
American Declaration of Independence is signed

Signing the Declaration of Independence required remarkable personal courage. The Founding Fathers who signed it understood that King George III and the British Parliament would regard this act as treason. After years of attempted dialog with the King and Parliament, the Signers personally calculated what it might cost them to take the bold step. Following the teaching of the American pulpit, they had come to believe that no law was above God's law, and for this reason, the devised the motto of the American Revolution: "No king, but King Jesus!"

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Contrary to the assertions of contemporary Deconstructionism that America was birthed from the womb of secularism, the facts clearly indicate that America's Founding Fathers were deeply influenced by the principles of the Bible and the Christian Faith when laying the foundation of American law—which was true for both the states and federal government.

The information and materials that appear below are part of a larger project here at Christian Heritage Fellowship. Realizing that knowledge of the persons and character of America's Founding Fathers will go a long way to answer the secular and Deconstructive attacks against the Christian foundation of America, we undertake the effort to present thumbnail sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. One of the earliest collective works on the Signers summarized their efforts in the following words:

The signing of that instrument was a solemn act, and required great firmness and patriotism in those who committed it. It was treason against the home government, yet perfect allegiance to the law of right. It subjected those who signed it to the danger of an ignominious death, yet it entitled them to the profound reverence of a disenthralled people. But neither firmness nor patriotism was wanting in that august assembly. And their own sound judgment and discretion, their own purity of purpose and integrity of conduct, were fortified and strengthened by the voice of the people in popular assemblies, embodied in written instructions for the guidance of their representatives.

Such were the men unto whose keeping, as instruments of Providence, the destinies of America were for the time entrusted; and it has been well remarked, that men, other than such as these,— an ignorant, untaught mass, like those who have formed the physical elements of other revolutionary movements, without sufficient intellect to guide and control them—could not have conceived, planned, and carried into execution, such a mighty movement, one so fraught with tangible marks of political wisdom, as the American Revolution. And it is a matter of just pride to the American people, that not one of that noble band who periled life, fortune, and honor, in the cause of freedom, ever fell from his high estate into moral degradation, or dimmed, by word or deed, the brightness of that effulgence which halos the Declaration of American Independence.

Their bodies now have all returned to their kindred dust in the grave, and their souls have gone to receive their reward in the Spirit Land.

Congress was assembled in Independence Hall, at Philadelphia, when the Declaration was adopted, and, connected with that event, the following touching incident is related. On the morning of the day of its adoption, the venerable bell-man ascended to the steeple, and a little boy was placed at the door of the Hall to give him notice when the vote should be concluded. The old man waited long at his post, saying, "They will never do it, they will never do it." Suddenly a loud shout came up from below, and there stood the blue-eyed boy, clapping his hands, and shouting, "Ring! Ring!" Grasping the iron tongue of the bell, backward and forward he hurled it a hundred times, proclaiming "Liberty to the land and to the inhabitants thereof."[1]

All the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. . .

Samuel Chase

Samuel Chase

June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary.Read more...

Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins

American History | Christian History | July Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.Read more...

Robert Treat Paine

Robert Treat Paine

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state's first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court.Read more...

James Smith

James Smith

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | July Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

James Smith (September 17, 1719 – July 11, 1806), was a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.Read more...

Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Francis Hopkinson (September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791), an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania.Read more...

William Ellery

William Ellery

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | February Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Ellery (December 2, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. In 1764, the Baptists consulted with Ellery and the Congregationalist Reverend Ezra Stiles on writing a charter for the college that became Brown University.Read more...

William Floyd

William Floyd

American History | August Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Floyd (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821) was an American politician from New York, and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.Read more...

Richard Henry Lee

Richard Henry Lee

American History | Christian History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence, which Lee signed.Read more...

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

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Samuel Adams (September 27 1722 – October 2, 1803), signer of the Declaration of Independence, was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Read more...

Robert R. Livingston

Robert R. Livingston

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | February Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Robert R(obert) Livingston (November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor", after the office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, although he was recalled by his state before he could sign the final version of the document.Read more...

John Adams

John Adams

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | July Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Adams (October 30 1735 – July 4, 1826), signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the second president of the United States (1797–1801), having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States.Read more...

Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 – January 1, 1787), of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.Read more...

George Wythe

George Wythe

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Wythe (1726 – June 8, 1806) was the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar and Virginia judge, as well as a prominent opponent of slavery. The first of the seven Virginia signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Wythe taught and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay and other men who became American leaders.Read more...

George Taylor

George Taylor

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | February Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Taylor (c. 1716 – February 23, 1781) was a Colonial ironmaster and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.Read more...

Matthew Thornton

Matthew Thornton

American History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Matthew Thornton (1714 – June 24, 1803), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.Read more...

Lewis Morris

Lewis Morris

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. The brief biographical sketch of his life presented below is taken from the nineteenth-century work, Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Charles Goodrich. Article Contents A Thumbnail Sketch Related Articles Anchor Elements Article Notes and Sources A Thumbnail SkRead more...

George Ross

George Ross

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | July Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Ross (May 10, 1730 – July 14, 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. George Ross was the uncle to Betsy Ross by marriage (her first husband). Col. George Ross accompanied Robert Morris and General Washington into Betsy shop in 1776 to request assistance in creating a flag for the troops and the nation.Read more...

John Hart

John Hart

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Hart (c. 1711 – May 11, 1779) was a Delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.Read more...

George Read

George Read

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | September Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chief Justice of Delaware.Read more...

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was a Liverpool-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.Read more...

William Paca

William Paca

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Paca (October 31, 1740 – October 23, 1799) was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.Read more...

Thomas McKean

Thomas McKean

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress.Read more...

George Clymer

George Clymer

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 24, 1813) was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the last Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Points of significance include the following: Orphaned at seven, was raised by an uncle, and followed his uncle into mercantilism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Accepted a commission as captain over a company of voluntRead more...

Roger Sherman

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American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | July Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic.Read more...

Richard Stockton

Richard Stockton

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | February Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stockton was the brother-in-law of well known Founding Father, Dr. Benjamin Rush.Read more...

Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Josiah Bartlett (November 21, 1729 – May 19, 1795) was an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and Governor of the state.Read more...

George Walton

George Walton

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | February Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

George Walton (1749 – February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.Read more...

Carter Braxton

Carter Braxton

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a planter, and a representative of Virginia.Read more...

Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush

American History | April Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush signed the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Read more...

William Whipple

William Whipple

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | November Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Whipple, Jr. (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.Read more...

John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | November Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Knox Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence[1] as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey (1768–94; now Princeton University), he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration.Read more...

Caesar Rodney

Caesar Rodney

American History | Christian History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, east of Dover. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution.Read more...

John Hancock

John Hancock

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Hancock (January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793) was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution and was the son and grandson of Christian ministers. Read more...

William Hooper

William Hooper

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Hooper (June 28, 1742 – October 14, 1790) was an American lawyer, physician, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777. Hooper was also a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, along with fellow North Carolinians Joseph Hewes and John Penn.Read more...

John Morton

John Morton

American History | April Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he provided the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence.Read more...

Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | May Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Button Gwinnett (1735 – May 19 or 27, 1777) was an British-born American political leader who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was the second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. He was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metropolitan Atlanta) was named for him. Gwinnett was killed in a duel by a rival, Lachlan McIntosh, following a dispute after a failed invasion of East Florida.Read more...

Charles Carroll

Charles Carroll

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | November Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly-named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95, at his city maRead more...

Abraham Clark

Abraham Clark

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | September Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Abraham Clark (February 15, 1726 – September 15, 1794) was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from March 4, 1791, until his death in 1794.Read more...

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Francis Lightfoot Lee

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester of issues such as the Stamp Act, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Virginia.Read more...

Oliver Wolcott

Oliver Wolcott

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | December Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Oliver Wolcott (November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut and the fourth Governor of Connecticut.Read more...

Thomas Nelson, Jr.

Thomas Nelson, Jr.

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Nelson, Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the Continental Congress and was its Governor in 1781. He is regarded as one of the U.S. Founding Fathers since he signed the Declaration of Independence as a member of the Virginia delegation.Read more...

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | March Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Heyward, Jr. (July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina.Read more...

Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.Read more...

Lyman Hall

Lyman Hall

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790), physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him.Read more...

Francis Lewis

Francis Lewis

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | December Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713 – December 31, 1802) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York.Read more...

John Penn

John Penn

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | September Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

John Penn (May 17, 1741 – September 14, 1788) was a signer of both the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of North Carolina.Read more...

Philip Livingston

Philip Livingston

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | June Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.Read more...

Edward Rutledge

Edward Rutledge

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | January Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina. The brief biographical sketch of his life presented below is taken from the nineteenth-century work, Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Charles Goodrich. Article Contents A Thumbnail Sketch Related Articles Anchor Elements Article Notes and Sources A Thumbnail Sketch Read more...

Thomas Lynch, Jr.

Thomas Lynch, Jr.

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Lynch, Jr. (August 5, 1749–? 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Virginia; his father was unable to sign the Declaration of Independence because of illness.Read more...

William Williams

William Williams

American History | August Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

William Williams (April 23, 1731 – August 2, 1811) was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from Harvard in 1751.Read more...

Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | November Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Elbridge Gerry (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American statesman and diplomat. He is the only signer of the Declaration of Independence who is buried in Washington, DC. Read more...

Joseph Hewes

Joseph Hewes

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | November Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Joseph Hewes (January 23, 1730 – November 10, 1779) was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. He became an apprentice of a merchant and in fact became a very successful merchant. After finishing his apprenticeship he earned himself a good name and a strong reputation, which would serve him well in becoming one of the most famous signers of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina, along with William Hooper and John Penn.Read more...

Benjamin Franklin: Advocate of America's Christian Heritage

Benjamin Franklin: Advocate of America's Christian Heritage

American History | April Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Without consideration being given to the person of Jesus Christ, it is fair to say that probably a greater man than Benjamin Franklin has never lived who has possessed greater analytical ability; often this trait has distinguished itself in true greatness by means of internal qualities rather than by means of brilliant external displays. In almost every particular characteristic of a man, Benjamin Franklin presented a model of excellence of the highest degree.[1] Article Contents Early Home Life Becomes a Printer Travels to EnRead more...

Benjamin Harrison V

Benjamin Harrison V

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter and merchant from Charles City County, Virginia, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of the United States. He received his higher education at the College of William and Mary. Harrison was a representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses for Surry County, Virginia (1756–1758, 1785-1786), and Charles City County (1766–1776, 1787-1790). He was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and, during the Second Continental Congress, was a Read more...

James Wilson

James Wilson

American History | August Articles | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | Signers of Declaration of Independence

James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 28, 1798) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States.Read more...

Thomas Stone

Thomas Stone

American History | Christian Calendar (Holidays) | Christian History | October Articles | Signers of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was an American planter who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777. He acted as President of Congress for a short time in 1784.Read more...


[1] B. J. Lossing, Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence: The Declaration Historically Considered; And a Sketch of the Leading Events Connected with the Adoption of the Articles of Confederation, and of the Federal Constitution (New York: George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1848), 11-12; reprint, Aledo, Texas, WallBuilder Press, 1998.