List of delegates to the Continental Congress
The men on this list actually met at the Continental Congress . In the last few years in particular, others have been elected but have declined or simply never attended a meeting.
A.
- Andrew Adams ; Connecticut (1778)
- John Adams ; Massachusetts (1774–1778)
- Samuel Adams ; Massachusetts (1775–1781)
- Thomas Adams ; Virginia (1778–1779)
- Robert Alexander ; Maryland (1776)
- Andrew Allen ; Pennsylvania (1775–1776)
- John Alsop ; New York (1774–1776)
- John Armstrong senior ; Pennsylvania (1779-1780)
- John Armstrong junior ; Pennsylvania (1787–1788)
- Jonathan Arnold ; Rhode Island (1782–1783)
- Peleg Arnold ; Rhode Island (1787–1788)
- John Baptista Ashe ; North Carolina (1787)
- Samuel John Atlee ; Pennsylvania (1778–1782)
B.
- Abraham Baldwin ; Georgia (1785, 1787-1788)
- John Banister ; Virginia (1778)
- Robert Barnwell ; South Carolina (1787)
- Josiah Bartlett ; New Hampshire (1775–1776, 1778)
- John Bayard ; Pennsylvania (1785–1786)
- John Beatty ; New Jersey (1784–1785)
- Gunning Bedford ; Delaware (1783–1784, 1784–1786)
- Thomas Bee ; South Carolina (1780–1782)
- Egbert Benson ; New York (1784, 1787–1788)
- Richard Beresford ; South Carolina (1783–1784)
- Edward Biddle ; Pennsylvania (1774-1775)
- William Bingham ; Pennsylvania (1786–1788)
- Jonathan Blanchard ; New Hampshire (1784)
- Richard Bland ; Virginia (1774-1775)
- Theodorick Bland ; Virginia (1780–1783)
- Timothy Bloodworth ; North Carolina (1786)
- William Blount ; North Carolina (1782–1783, 1786–1787)
- Simon Boerum ; New York (1774-1775)
- Elias Boudinot ; New Jersey (1778, 1781–1783)
- Carter Braxton ; Virginia (1776)
- John Brown ; Virginia (1787–1788)
- Nathan Brownson ; Georgia (1777)
- John Bull ; South Carolina (1784–1787)
- Archibald Bulloch ; Georgia (1775)
- Thomas Burke ; North Carolina (1777–1781)
- William Burnet ; New Jersey (1780–1781)
- Robert Burton ; North Carolina (1787)
- Pierce Butler ; South Carolina (1787)
C.
- Lambert Cadwalader ; New Jersey (1785–1787)
- William Carmichael ; Maryland (1778–1779)
- Edward Carrington ; Virginia (1786–1788)
- Charles Carroll ; Maryland (1776–1777)
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton ; Maryland (1776–1778)
- Daniel Carroll ; Maryland (1781–1783)
- Richard Caswell ; North Carolina (1774-1775)
- Jeremiah Chase ; Maryland (1783–1784)
- Samuel Chase ; Maryland (1774–1778)
- Abraham Clark ; New Jersey (1776-1778, 1780-1783, 1786-1788)
- William Clingan ; Pennsylvania (1777–1779)
- George Clinton ; New York (1775–1776)
- George Clymer ; Pennsylvania (1776–1777, 1780–1782)
- John Collins ; Rhode Island (1778–1780, 1782–1783)
- Silas Condict ; New Jersey (1781–1783)
- Benjamin Contee ; Maryland (1788)
- Joseph Platt Cooke ; Connecticut (1784-1785, 1787-1788)
- Ezekiel Cornell ; Rhode Island (1780–1782)
- Tench Coxe ; Pennsylvania (1789)
- Stephen Crane ; New Jersey (1774–1776)
- William Cumming ; North Carolina (1785)
- Thomas Cushing ; Massachusetts (1774–1776)
D.
- Francis Dana ; Massachusetts (1777–1778, 1784)
- Nathan Dane ; Massachusetts (1785–1788)
- John Dawson ; Virginia (1788)
- Jonathan Dayton ; New Jersey (1787–1788)
- Silas Deane ; Connecticut (1774-1776, 1782-1783)
- John De Hart ; New Jersey (1774-1775)
- Charles DeWitt ; New York (1784)
- Samuel Dick ; New Jersey (1784–1785)
- John Dickinson ; Pennsylvania (1774-1776); Delaware (1779)
- Philemon Dickinson ; Delaware (1782–1783)
- William Henry Drayton ; South Carolina (1778–1779)
- James Duane ; New York (1774–1783)
- William Duer ; New York (1777–1778)
- Eliphalet Dyer ; Connecticut (1774-1779, 1782-1783)
E.
- Pierpont Edwards ; Connecticut (1788)
- William Ellery ; Rhode Island (1776–1785)
- Oliver Ellsworth ; Connecticut (1778–1783)
- Jonathan Elmer ; New Jersey (1777-1778, 1781-1783, 1787-1788)
- Nicholas Eveleigh ; South Carolina (1781–1782)
F.
- John Fell ; New Jersey (1778-1780)
- William Few ; Georgia (1780-1782, 1786-1788)
- William Fitzhugh ; Virginia (1779)
- Thomas Fitzsimons ; Pennsylvania (1782–1783)
- William Fleming ; Virginia (1779)
- William Floyd ; New York (1774–1776, 1779–1783)
- Nathaniel Folsom ; New Hampshire (1774, 1777-1780)
- James Forbes ; Maryland (1778-1780)
- Uriah Forrest ; Maryland (1787)
- Abiel Foster ; New Hampshire (1783–1785)
- Benjamin Franklin ; Pennsylvania (1775–1776)
- Frederick Frelinghuysen ; New Jersey (1779)
- George Frost ; New Hampshire (1777–1779)
G
- Christopher Gadsden ; South Carolina (1774–1776)
- Joseph Galloway ; Pennsylvania (1774)
- Leonard Gansevoort ; New York (1788)
- John Gardner ; Rhode Island (1789)
- Joseph Gardner ; Pennsylvania (1784–1785)
- David Gelston ; New York (1789)
- Elbridge Gerry ; Massachusetts (1776-1780, 1782-1785)
- John Lewis Gervais ; South Carolina (1782–1783)
- William Gibbons ; Georgia (1784)
- John Taylor Gilman ; New Hampshire (1782–1783)
- Nicholas Gilman ; New Hampshire (1787–1789)
- Robert Goldsborough ; Maryland (1774–1776)
- Nathaniel Gorham ; Massachusetts (1782–1783, 1785–1787)
- William Grayson ; Virginia (1785–1787)
- Cyrus Griffin ; Virginia (1778-1780, 1787-1788)
- Button Gwinnett ; Georgia (1776)
H
- John Habersham ; Georgia (1785)
- Joseph Habersham ; Georgia (1785)
- John Hall ; Maryland (1775)
- Lyman Hall ; Georgia (1775-1777)
- Alexander Hamilton ; New York (1782–1783, 1788)
- John Hancock ; Massachusetts (1775–1778)
- Edward Hand ; Pennsylvania (1783–1784)
- John Hanson ; Maryland (1780–1782)
- Samuel Hardy ; Virginia (1783–1785)
- John Haring ; New York (1774, 1785–1787)
- Cornelius Harnett ; North Carolina (1777–1779)
- Benjamin Harrison ; Virginia (1774–1777)
- William Harrison Jr .; Maryland (1786)
- John Hart ; New Jersey (1776)
- John Harvie ; Virginia (1777–1778)
- Benjamin Hawkins ; North Carolina (1781–1783, 1787)
- Jonathan Hazard ; Rhode Island (1788)
- William Hemsley ; Maryland (1782–1783)
- James Henry ; Virginia, (1780)
- John Henry ; Maryland (1778-1780, 1785-1786)
- Patrick Henry ; Virginia (1774-1775)
- William Henry ; Pennsylvania (1784–1785)
- Joseph Hewes ; North Carolina (1774–1776, 1779)
- Thomas Heyward Jr .; South Carolina (1776–1778)
- Stephen Higginson ; Massachusetts (1783)
- Whitmell Hill ; North Carolina (1778-1780)
- William Hindman ; Maryland (1785–1786)
- Samuel Holten ; Massachusetts (1778-1780, 1783-1785, 1787)
- William Hooper ; North Carolina (1774-1777)
- Stephen Hopkins ; Rhode Island (1774–1776)
- Francis Hopkinson ; New Jersey (1776)
- Josiah Hornblower ; New Jersey (1785–1786)
- Titus Hosmer ; Connecticut (1778)
- William Houston ; New Jersey (1779–1781, 1784–1785)
- John Houstoun ; Georgia (1775)
- William Houstoun ; Georgia (1784–1786)
- John Eager Howard ; Maryland (1788)
- David Howell ; Rhode Island (1782–1785)
- Richard Howly ; Georgia (1780–1781)
- Daniel Huger ; South Carolina (1786–1788)
- Charles Humphreys ; Pennsylvania (1774–1776)
- Benjamin Huntington ; Connecticut (1780, 1782-1783, 1788)
- Samuel Huntington ; Connecticut (1776, 1778-1781, 1783)
- Richard Hutson ; South Carolina (1778–1779)
I.
- Jared Ingersoll ; Pennsylvania (1780)
- William Irvine ; Pennsylvania (1787–1788)
- Ralph Izard ; South Carolina (1782–1783)
J
- David Jackson ; Pennsylvania (1785)
- Jonathan Jackson ; Massachusetts (1782)
- John Jay ; New York (1774–1776, 1778–1789)
- Thomas Jefferson ; Virginia (1775-1776, 1783-1784)
- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer ; Maryland (1779–1781)
- Thomas Johnson ; Maryland (1774–1776)
- Samuel Johnston ; North Carolina (1780–1781)
- William Samuel Johnson ; Connecticut (1785-1787)
- Allen Jones ; North Carolina (1779-1780)
- Joseph Jones ; Virginia (1777, 1780–1783)
- Noble Wimberly Jones ; Georgia (1781–1782)
- Willie Jones ; North Carolina (1780)
K
- John Kean ; South Carolina (1785–1787)
- Dyre Kearney ; Delaware (1787–1788)
- Rufus King ; Massachusetts (1785–1787)
- Francis Kinloch ; South Carolina (1780)
- James Kinsey ; New Jersey (1774-1775)
L.
- John Langdon ; New Hampshire (1775–1776, 1787)
- Woodbury Langdon ; New Hampshire (1779)
- Edward Langworthy ; Georgia (1777-1779)
- John Lansing Jr .; New York (1785)
- John Laurance ; New York (1785–1787)
- Henry Laurens ; South Carolina (1777-1780)
- Richard Law ; Connecticut (1777, 1781-1782)
- Arthur Lee ; Virginia (1782–1784)
- Francis Lightfoot Lee ; Virginia (1775–1779)
- Henry Lee ; Virginia (1786–1788)
- Richard Henry Lee ; Virginia (1774–1779)
- Thomas Sim Lee ; Maryland (1783)
- Francis Lewis ; New York (1775–1779)
- Ezra L'Hommedieu ; New York (1779–1783, 1788)
- Samuel Livermore ; New Hampshire (1780–1782)
- Philip Livingston ; New York (1775–1778)
- Robert R. Livingston ; New York (1775-1776, 1779-1780, 1784)
- Walter Livingston ; New York (1784–1785)
- William Livingston ; New Jersey (1774–1776)
- Edward Lloyd ; Maryland (1783–1784)
- Pierse Long ; New Hampshire (1785–1786)
- James Lovell ; Massachusetts (1777–1782)
- Isaac Low ; New York (1774)
- John Lowell ; Massachusetts (1782)
- Thomas Lynch ; South Carolina (1774–1776)
- Thomas Lynch, Jr .; South Carolina (1776)
M.
- James Madison ; Virginia (1780–1783, 1787–1788)
- James Manning ; Rhode Island (1786)
- Henry Marchant ; Rhode Island (1777–1779)
- John Mathews ; South Carolina (1778–1781)
- Timothy Matlack ; Pennsylvania (1780)
- Eleazer McComb ; Delaware (1783–1784)
- Alexander McDougall ; New York (1781)
- James McHenry ; Maryland (1783–1785)
- Thomas McKean ; Delaware (1774–1776, 1778–1782)
- James McLene ; Pennsylvania (1779-1780)
- James Mercer ; Virginia (1779)
- John Francis Mercer ; Virginia (1783–1784)
- Samuel Meredith ; Pennsylvania (1786–1788)
- Arthur Middleton ; South Carolina (1776-1777, 1781-1782)
- Henry Middleton ; South Carolina (1774-1775)
- Thomas Mifflin ; Pennsylvania (1774–1775, 1782–1784)
- Nathan Miller ; Rhode Island (1786)
- Nathaniel Mitchell ; Delaware (1787–1788)
- Stephen Mix Mitchell ; Connecticut (1785-1788)
- James Monroe ; Virginia (1783–1786)
- John Montgomery ; Pennsylvania (1782–1784)
- Joseph Montgomery ; Pennsylvania (1780–1782)
- Cadwalader Morris ; Pennsylvania (1783–1784)
- Governor Morris ; New York (1778–1779)
- Lewis Morris ; New York (1775–1777)
- Robert Morris ; Pennsylvania (1775–1778)
- John Morton ; Pennsylvania (1774–1776)
- Isaac Moth ; South Carolina (1780–1782)
- Daniel Mowry ; Rhode Island (1780–1782)
- Frederick Muhlenberg ; Pennsylvania (1779-1780)
N
- Abner Nash ; North Carolina (1782–1783)
- Thomas Nelson Jr .; Virginia (1775-1777, 1779)
O
- Samuel Osgood ; Massachusetts (1781–1784)
- Samuel Otis ; Massachusetts (1787)
P
- William Paca ; Maryland (1774-1779)
- Man Page ; Virginia (1777)
- Ephraim Paine ; New York (1784)
- Robert Treat Paine ; Massachusetts (1774–1776)
- John Parker ; South Carolina (1786–1788)
- George Partridge ; Massachusetts (1780)
- John Patten ; Delaware (1786)
- Nathaniel Peabody ; New Hampshire (1779-1780, 1785)
- William Peery ; Delaware (1786)
- Philip Pell ; New York (1789)
- Edmund Pendleton ; Virginia (1774-1775)
- John Penn ; North Carolina (1775-1780)
- Richard Peters Jr .; Pennsylvania (1782–1783)
- Charles Pettit ; Pennsylvania (1785–1787)
- William Pierce ; Georgia (1787)
- Charles Pinckney ; South Carolina (1785–1787)
- George Plater ; Maryland (1778-1780)
- Zephaniah Platt ; New York (1785–1786)
- Richard Potts ; Maryland (1781)
R.
- David Ramsay ; South Carolina (1782–1783, 1785–1786)
- Nathaniel Ramsey ; Maryland (1786–1787)
- Edmund Jennings Randolph ; Virginia (1779, 1781–1782)
- Peyton Randolph ; Virginia (1774-1775)
- George Read ; Delaware (1774–1777)
- Jacob Read ; South Carolina (1783–1785)
- Joseph Reed ; Pennsylvania (1778)
- James Randolph Reid ; Pennsylvania (1787–1789)
- Samuel Rhoads ; Pennsylvania (1774)
- Daniel Roberdeau ; Pennsylvania (1777–1779)
- Caesar Rodney ; Delaware (1774–1776)
- Thomas Rodney ; Delaware (1781–1782, 1786)
- John Rogers ; Maryland (1775–1776)
- Jesse Root ; Connecticut (1778–1782)
- David Ross ; Maryland (1787–1789)
- George Ross ; Pennsylvania (1774–1777)
- Benjamin Rumsey ; Maryland (1776–1777)
- Benjamin Rush ; Pennsylvania (1776–1777)
- Edward Rutledge ; South Carolina (1774–1776)
- John Rutledge ; South Carolina (1774-1775, 1782-1783)
S.
- James Schureman ; New Jersey (1786–1787)
- Philip Schuyler ; New York (1775, 1777, 1779-1780)
- John Morin Scott ; New York (1780, 1782)
- Nathaniel Scudder ; New Jersey (1778–1779)
- James Searle ; Pennsylvania (1778-1780)
- Theodore Sedgwick ; Massachusetts (1780)
- Joshua Seney ; Maryland (1788)
- Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant ; New Jersey (1776–1777)
- William Sharpe ; North Carolina (1779–1781)
- Roger Sherman ; Connecticut (1774-1781, 1784)
- William Shippen ; Pennsylvania (1779-1780)
- John Sitgreaves ; North Carolina (1785)
- James Smith ; Pennsylvania (1776–1778)
- Jonathan Bayard Smith ; Pennsylvania (1777–1778)
- Melancton Smith ; New York (1785–1787)
- Meriwether Smith ; Virginia (1778–1779, 1781)
- Richard Smith ; New Jersey (1774–1776)
- Thomas Smith ; Pennsylvania (1781–1782)
- William Smith ; Maryland (1777)
- Richard Dobbs Spaight ; North Carolina (1783–1785)
- Joseph Spencer ; Connecticut (1779)
- Arthur St. Clair ; Pennsylvania (1786–1787)
- John Stevens ; New Jersey (1784)
- Charles Stewart ; New Jersey (1784–1785)
- Richard Stockton ; New Jersey (1776)
- Thomas Stone ; Maryland (1775-1776, 1778, 1784)
- Caleb Strong ; Massachusetts (1780)
- Jonathan Sturges ; Connecticut (1786)
- John Sullivan ; New Hampshire (1774, 1780–1781)
- John Swann ; North Carolina (1788)
- James Sykes ; Delaware (1777)
- John Cleves Symmes ; New Jersey (1785–1786)
T
- George Taylor ; Pennsylvania (1776)
- Edward Telfair ; Georgia (1778, 1780–1782)
- George Thatcher ; Massachusetts (1787–1789)
- Matthew Thornton ; New Hampshire (1776–1777)
- Matthew Tilghman ; Maryland (1774–1776)
- James Tilton ; Delaware (1783–1784)
- Thomas Tucker ; South Carolina (1787–1788)
V
- Nicholas Van Dyke ; Delaware (1777–1781)
- James Mitchell Varnum ; Rhode Island (1781–1781, 1787)
- John M. Vining ; Delaware (1784–1785)
W.
- James Wadsworth ; Connecticut (1784)
- Jeremiah Wadsworth ; Connecticut (1788)
- John Walker ; Virginia (1780)
- George Walton ; Georgia (1776-1777, 1780-1781)
- John Walton ; Georgia (1778)
- Artemas Ward ; Massachusetts (1780–1781)
- Samuel Ward ; Rhode Island (1774–1776)
- George Washington ; Virginia (1774-1775)
- John Wentworth Jr .; New Hampshire (1778)
- Samuel Wharton ; Delaware (1782–1783)
- William Whipple ; New Hampshire (1776–1779)
- James White ; North Carolina (1786–1788)
- Phillips White ; New Hampshire (1782–1783)
- John Williams ; North Carolina (1778-1779)
- William Williams ; Connecticut (1776-1777)
- Hugh Williamson ; North Carolina (1782–1785, 1788)
- Thomas Willing ; Pennsylvania (1775–1776)
- James Wilson ; Pennsylvania (1775-1777, 1783, 1785-1786)
- Paine Wingate ; New Hampshire (1787–1788)
- Henry Wisner ; New York (1775–1776)
- John Witherspoon ; New Jersey (1776–1782)
- Oliver Wolcott ; Connecticut (1776-1778, 1780-1783)
- Joseph Wood ; Georgia (1777–1778)
- Turbutt Wright ; Maryland (1782)
- Henry Wynkoop ; Pennsylvania (1779–1782)
- George Wythe ; Virginia (1775–1776)
Y
- Abraham Yates ; New York (1787–1788)
- Peter W. Yates ; New York (1786)
Z
- John Joachim Zubly ; Georgia (1775)