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Founding documents of the United States

Preamble
and Articles

Amendments

Ratified	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Pending	Congressional Apportionment Titles of Nobility Corwin (State Domestic Institutions) Child Labor
Unsuccessful	Equal Rights District of Columbia Voting Rights
See also	List of Constitutional Amendments Bill of Rights (Amendments 1–10) Reconstruction Amendments (Amendments 13–15) Amendment proposals in Congress Conventions to propose amendments State ratifying conventions

Formation

Clauses

Interpretation

Convention President	George Washington
New Hampshire	John Langdon Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts	Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King
Connecticut	William Samuel Johnson Roger Sherman
New York	Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey	William Livingston David Brearley William Paterson Jonathan Dayton
Pennsylvania	Benjamin Franklin Thomas Mifflin Robert Morris George Clymer Thomas Fitzsimons Jared Ingersoll James Wilson Gouverneur Morris
Delaware	George Read Gunning Bedford Jr. John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jacob Broom
Maryland	James McHenry Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Daniel Carroll
Virginia	John Blair James Madison
North Carolina	William Blount Richard Dobbs Spaight Hugh Williamson
South Carolina	John Rutledge Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney Pierce Butler
Georgia	William Few Abraham Baldwin
Convention Secretary	William Jackson

Display
and legacy

Signatories

Primary drafter	John Dickinson
New Hampshire	Josiah Bartlett John Wentworth Jr.
Massachusetts	John Hancock Samuel Adams Elbridge Gerry Francis Dana James Lovell Samuel Holten
Rhode Island	William Ellery Henry Marchant John Collins
Connecticut	Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington Oliver Wolcott Titus Hosmer Andrew Adams
New York	James Duane Francis Lewis William Duer Gouverneur Morris
New Jersey	John Witherspoon Nathaniel Scudder
Pennsylvania	Robert Morris Daniel Roberdeau Jonathan Bayard Smith William Clingan Joseph Reed
Delaware	Thomas McKean John Dickinson Nicholas Van Dyke
Maryland	John Hanson Daniel Carroll
Virginia	Richard Henry Lee John Banister Thomas Adams John Harvie Francis Lightfoot Lee
North Carolina	John Penn Cornelius Harnett John Williams
South Carolina	Henry Laurens William Henry Drayton John Mathews Richard Hutson Thomas Heyward Jr.
Georgia	John Walton Edward Telfair Edward Langworthy

Primary author

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

Delegates voting
for Independence
(did not sign)

New York: Robert R. Livingston, Henry Wisner
Maryland: John Rogers

Display
and legacy

Signatories

President of Congress	Peyton Randolph
New Hampshire	John Sullivan Nathaniel Folsom
Massachusetts Bay	Thomas Cushing Samuel Adams John Adams Robert Treat Paine
Rhode Island	Stephen Hopkins Samuel Ward
Connecticut	Eliphalet Dyer Roger Sherman Silas Deane
New York	Isaac Low John Alsop John Jay James Duane Philip Livingston William Floyd Henry Wisner Simon Boerum
New Jersey	James Kinsey William Livingston Stephen Crane Richard Smith John De Hart
Pennsylvania	Joseph Galloway John Dickinson Charles Humphreys Thomas Mifflin Edward Biddle John Morton George Ross
The Lower Counties	Caesar Rodney Thomas McKean George Read
Maryland	Matthew Tilghman Thomas Johnson, Junr William Paca Samuel Chase
Virginia	Richard Henry Lee George Washington Patrick Henry, Junr Richard Bland Benjamin Harrison Edmund Pendleton
North Carolina	William Hooper Joseph Hewes Richard Caswell
South Carolina	Henry Middleton Thomas Lynch Christopher Gadsden John Rutledge Edward Rutledge