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The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who attended the Continental Congress, along with another 90 who were elected as delegates but never served.[1] The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.
The First Continental Congress, which met briefly in Philadelphia in 1774, consisted of 56 delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that would become the United States.[2] Convened in response to the Coercive Acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774, the delegates organized an economic boycott of Great Britain in protest and petitioned the king for a redress of grievances.
By the time the Second Continental Congress met in 1775, shooting in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) had begun. Moderates in the Congress still hoped that the colonies could be reconciled with Great Britain, but a movement towards independence steadily gained ground. Congress established the Continental Army (June 1775), coordinated the war effort, issued a Declaration of Independence in July 1776, and designed a new government in the Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781.
The ratification of the Articles of Confederation gave the Congress a new name: the Congress of the Confederation, which met from 1781 to 1789. The Confederation Congress helped guide the United States through the final stages of the war, but in peacetime the Congress declined in importance. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress had little power to compel the individual states to comply with its decisions. Increasingly, delegates elected to the Congress declined to serve, the leading men in each state preferred to serve in state government, and the Congress had difficulty establishing a quorum. When the Articles were replaced by the United States Constitution, the Confederation Congress was superseded by the United States Congress.
Delegates who attended
The following table shows the names of the delegates who at some point attended the Continental Congress. Because a delegate did not necessarily take his seat in Congress in the same year that he was elected, nor did he necessarily stay for the duration of his term, there are slight discrepancies in the sources regarding the years of service for some delegates. Only those years that the delegate actually attended Congress are shown on the table. All data is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where entries been corrected using more detailed sources, particularly the American National Biography.
The table also indicates (with an X) which delegates signed the Articles of Association (1774), the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1778–1781), and the United States Constitution (1787). The first three documents were created by Congress, and so all signers were necessarily delegates; the United States Constitution was signed at a special convention outside of Congress, and its signatories were not all current or former members of Congress.
John Dickinson has two entries on the table because he served as a delegate from both Pennsylvania and Delaware. The person who most frequently attended Congress was not a delegate: he was Charles Thomson, who served as secretary throughout Congress' existence.
Name | State | Years attended | Association | Declaration | Confederation | Constitution | |
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1 | Andrew Adams | Connecticut | 1778 | — | — | X | — |
2 | John Adams | Massachusetts | 1774–1777 | X | X | — | — |
3 | Samuel Adams | Massachusetts | 1774–1781 | X | X | X | — |
4 | Thomas Adams | Virginia | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | — |
5 | Robert Alexander | Maryland | 1776 | — | — | — | — |
6 | Andrew Allen | Pennsylvania | 1775–1776 | — | — | — | — |
7 | John Alsop | New York | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
8 | John Armstrong | Pennsylvania | 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
9 | John Armstrong, Jr. | Pennsylvania | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
10 | Jonathan Arnold | Rhode Island | 1782–1784[3] | — | — | — | — |
11 | Peleg Arnold | Rhode Island | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
12 | John B. Ashe | North Carolina | 1787 | — | — | — | — |
13 | Samuel John Atlee | Pennsylvania | 1778–1782 | — | — | — | — |
14 | Abraham Baldwin | Georgia | 1785, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | X |
15 | John Banister | Virginia | 1778 | — | — | X | — |
16 | Robert Barnwell | South Carolina | 1789 | — | — | — | — |
17 | Josiah Bartlett | New Hampshire | 1775–1776, 1778 [4] | — | X | X | — |
18 | John Bayard | Pennsylvania | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
19 | John Beatty | New Jersey | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
20 | Gunning Bedford, Jr. | Delaware | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | X |
21 | Thomas Bee | South Carolina | 1780–1782 | — | — | — | — |
22 | Egbert Benson | New York | 1784, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
23 | Richard Beresford | South Carolina | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
24 | Edward Biddle | Pennsylvania | 1774–1775 | X | — | — | — |
25 | William Bingham | Pennsylvania | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
26 | Jonathan Blanchard | New Hampshire | 1783–1784, 1787[5] | — | — | — | — |
27 | Richard Bland | Virginia | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
28 | Theodorick Bland | Virginia | 1780–1783 | — | — | — | — |
29 | Timothy Bloodworth | North Carolina | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
30 | William Blount | North Carolina | 1782–1783, 1786–1787 | — | — | — | X |
31 | Simon Boerum | New York | 1774–1775 | X | — | — | — |
32 | Elias Boudinot | New Jersey | 1778, 1781–1783 | — | — | — | — |
33 | Carter Braxton | Virginia | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
34 | John Brown | Virginia | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
35 | Nathan Brownson | Georgia | 1777 | — | — | — | — |
36 | John Bull | South Carolina | 1784–1787 | — | — | — | — |
37 | Archibald Bulloch | Georgia | 1775 | — | — | — | — |
38 | Thomas Burke | North Carolina | 1777–1781 | — | — | — | — |
39 | William Burnet | New Jersey | 1780–1781 | — | — | — | — |
40 | Robert Burton | North Carolina | 1787 | — | — | — | — |
41 | Pierce Butler | South Carolina | 1787 | — | — | — | X |
42 | Lambert Cadwalader | New Jersey | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
43 | William Carmichael | Maryland | 1778–1779 | — | — | — | — |
44 | Edward Carrington | Virginia | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
45 | Charles Carroll ("Barrister") | Maryland | 1776–1777 | — | — | — | — |
46 | Charles Carroll ("of Carrollton") | Maryland | 1776–1778 [6] | — | X | — | — |
47 | Daniel Carroll | Maryland | 1781–1783 | — | — | X | X |
48 | Richard Caswell | North Carolina | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
49 | Jeremiah Chase | Maryland | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
50 | Samuel Chase | Maryland | 1774–1778 | X | X | — | — |
51 | Abraham Clark | New Jersey | 1776–1778, 1780–1783, 1786–1788 | — | X | — | — |
52 | William Clingan | Pennsylvania | 1777–1779 | — | — | X | — |
53 | George Clinton | New York | 1775–1776 | — | — | — | — |
54 | George Clymer | Pennsylvania | 1776–1777, 1780–1782 | — | X | — | X |
55 | John Collins | Rhode Island | 1778–1780, 1782–1783 | — | — | X | — |
56 | Silas Condict | New Jersey | 1781–1783 | — | — | — | — |
57 | Benjamin Contee | Maryland | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
58 | Joseph Platt Cooke | Connecticut | 1784–1785, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
59 | Ezekiel Cornell | Rhode Island | 1780–1782 | — | — | — | — |
60 | Tench Coxe | Pennsylvania | 1788–1789[7] | — | — | — | — |
61 | Stephen Crane | New Jersey | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
62 | William Cumming | North Carolina | 1785 | — | — | — | — |
63 | Thomas Cushing | Massachusetts | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
64 | Francis Dana | Massachusetts | 1777–1778, 1784 | — | — | X | — |
65 | Nathan Dane | Massachusetts | 1785–1789[3] | — | — | — | — |
66 | John Dawson | Virginia | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
67 | Jonathan Dayton | New Jersey | 1788–1789[3] | — | — | — | X |
68 | Silas Deane | Connecticut | 1774–1776 | — | — | — | — |
69 | John De Hart | New Jersey | 1774–1775 [8] | X | — | — | — |
70 | Charles DeWitt | New York | 1784 | — | — | — | — |
71 | Samuel Dick | New Jersey | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
72 | John Dickinson | Delaware | 1779 | X (Pennsylvania) | — | X | X |
72 | John Dickinson | Pennsylvania | 1774–1776 | X | — | X (Delaware) | X (Delaware) |
73 | Philemon Dickinson | Delaware | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
74 | William Henry Drayton | South Carolina | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | — |
75 | James Duane | New York | 1774–1783 | X | — | X | — |
76 | William Duer | New York | 1777–1779[3] | — | — | X | — |
77 | Eliphalet Dyer | Connecticut | 1774–1779, 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
78 | Pierpont Edwards | Connecticut | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
79 | William Ellery | Rhode Island | 1776–1785 | — | X | X | — |
80 | Oliver Ellsworth | Connecticut | 1778–1783 | — | — | — | — |
81 | Jonathan Elmer | New Jersey | 1777–1778, 1781–1783, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
82 | Nicholas Eveleigh | South Carolina | 1781–1782 | — | — | — | — |
83 | John Fell | New Jersey | 1778–1780 | — | — | — | — |
84 | William Few | Georgia | 1780–1782, 1786–1788 | — | — | — | X |
85 | William Fitzhugh | Virginia | 1779 | — | — | — | — |
86 | Thomas Fitzsimons | Pennsylvania | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | X |
87 | William Fleming | Virginia | 1779 | — | — | — | — |
88 | William Floyd | New York | 1774–1776, 1779–1783 | X | X | — | — |
89 | Nathaniel Folsom | New Hampshire | 1774, 1777–1780 | X | — | — | — |
90 | James Forbes | Maryland | 1778–1780 | — | — | — | — |
91 | Uriah Forrest | Maryland | 1787 | — | — | — | — |
92 | Abiel Foster | New Hampshire | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | — |
93 | Benjamin Franklin | Pennsylvania | 1775–1776 | — | X | — | X |
94 | Frederick Frelinghuysen | New Jersey | 1779, 1783[9] | — | — | — | — |
95 | George Frost | New Hampshire | 1777–1779 | — | — | — | — |
96 | Christopher Gadsden | South Carolina | 1774–1776 | — | — | — | — |
97 | Joseph Galloway | Pennsylvania | 1774 | X | — | — | — |
98 | Leonard Gansevoort | New York | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
99 | John Gardner | Rhode Island | 1789 | — | — | — | — |
100 | Joseph Gardner | Pennsylvania | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
101 | David Gelston | New York | 1789 | — | — | — | — |
102 | Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | 1776–1781, 1783–1785[3] | — | X | X | — |
103 | John Lewis Gervais | South Carolina | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
104 | William Gibbons | Georgia | 1784 | — | — | — | — |
105 | John Taylor Gilman | New Hampshire | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
106 | Nicholas Gilman | New Hampshire | 1787–1789 | — | — | — | X |
107 | Robert Goldsborough | Maryland | 1774–1776 | — | — | — | — |
108 | Nathaniel Gorham | Massachusetts | 1782–1783, 1785–1787[3] | — | — | — | X |
109 | William Grayson | Virginia | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
110 | Cyrus Griffin | Virginia | 1778–1780, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
111 | Button Gwinnett | Georgia | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
112 | John Habersham | Georgia | 1785 | — | — | — | — |
113 | John Hall | Maryland | 1775 | — | — | — | — |
114 | Lyman Hall | Georgia | 1775–1777 | — | X | — | — |
115 | Alexander Hamilton | New York | 1782–1783, 1788 | — | — | — | X |
116 | John Hancock | Massachusetts | 1775–1778 | — | X | X | — |
117 | Edward Hand | Pennsylvania | 1784–1785[3] | — | — | — | — |
118 | John Hanson | Maryland | 1780–1782 | — | — | X | — |
119 | Samuel Hardy | Virginia | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | — |
120 | John Haring | New York | 1774, 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
121 | Cornelius Harnett | North Carolina | 1777–1779 | — | — | X | — |
122 | Benjamin Harrison | Virginia | 1774–1777 | — | X | — | — |
123 | William Harrison, Jr. | Maryland | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
124 | John Hart | New Jersey | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
125 | John Harvie | Virginia | 1777–1778 | — | — | X | — |
126 | Benjamin Hawkins | North Carolina | 1781–1783, 1787 | — | — | — | — |
127 | Jonathan Hazard | Rhode Island | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
128 | William Hemsley | Maryland | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
129 | James Henry | Virginia | 1780 | — | — | — | — |
130 | John Henry | Maryland | 1778–1780, 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
131 | Patrick Henry | Virginia | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
132 | William Henry | Pennsylvania | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
133 | Joseph Hewes | North Carolina | 1774–1776, 1779 | — | X | — | — |
134 | Thomas Heyward, Jr. | South Carolina | 1776–1778 | — | X | X | — |
135 | Stephen Higginson | Massachusetts | 1783 | — | — | — | — |
136 | Whitmell Hill | North Carolina | 1778–1780 | — | — | — | — |
137 | William Hindman | Maryland | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
138 | Samuel Holten | Massachusetts | 1778–1780, 1783–1785, 1787 | — | — | X | — |
139 | William Hooper | North Carolina | 1774–1777 | — | X | — | — |
140 | Stephen Hopkins | Rhode Island | 1774–1776 | X | X | — | — |
141 | Francis Hopkinson | New Jersey | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
142 | Josiah Hornblower | New Jersey | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
143 | Titus Hosmer | Connecticut | 1778 | — | — | X | — |
144 | William Houston | New Jersey | 1779–1781, 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
145 | John Houstoun | Georgia | 1775 | — | — | — | — |
146 | William Houstoun | Georgia | 1784–1786 | — | — | — | — |
147 | John Eager Howard | Maryland | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
148 | David Howell | Rhode Island | 1782–1785 | — | — | — | — |
149 | Richard Howly | Georgia | 1780–1781 | — | — | — | — |
150 | Daniel Huger | South Carolina | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
151 | Charles Humphreys | Pennsylvania | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
152 | Benjamin Huntington | Connecticut | 1780, 1782–1783, 1788 | — | — | — | — |
153 | Samuel Huntington | Connecticut | 1776, 1778–1781, 1783 | — | X | X | — |
154 | Richard Hutson | South Carolina | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | — |
155 | Jared Ingersoll | Pennsylvania | 1780 | — | — | — | X |
156 | William Irvine | Pennsylvania | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
157 | Ralph Izard | South Carolina | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
158 | David Jackson | Pennsylvania | 1785 | — | — | — | — |
159 | Jonathan Jackson | Massachusetts | 1782 | — | — | — | — |
160 | John Jay | New York | 1774–1776, 1778–1779 | X | — | — | — |
161 | Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1775–1776, 1783–1784 | — | X | — | — |
162 | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer | Maryland | 1779–1781 | — | — | — | X |
163 | Thomas Johnson | Maryland | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
164 | William Samuel Johnson | Connecticut | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | X |
165 | Samuel Johnston | North Carolina | 1780–1781 | — | — | — | — |
166 | Allen Jones | North Carolina | 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
167 | Joseph Jones | Virginia | 1777, 1780–1783 | — | — | — | — |
168 | Noble Wimberly Jones | Georgia | 1781–1782 [10] | — | — | — | — |
169 | Willie Jones | North Carolina | 1780–1781[3] | — | — | — | — |
170 | John Kean | South Carolina | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
171 | Dyre Kearney | Delaware | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
172 | Rufus King | Massachusetts | 1784–1787 | — | — | — | X |
173 | Francis Kinloch | South Carolina | 1780 | — | — | — | — |
174 | James Kinsey | New Jersey | 1774–1775 | X | — | — | — |
175 | John Langdon | New Hampshire | 1775–1776, 1783–1784 [3] | — | — | — | X |
176 | Woodbury Langdon | New Hampshire | 1779 | — | — | — | — |
177 | Edward Langworthy | Georgia | 1777–1779 | — | — | X | — |
178 | John Lansing, Jr. | New York | 1785 | — | — | — | — |
179 | John Laurance | New York | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
180 | Henry Laurens | South Carolina | 1777–1780 | — | — | X | — |
181 | Richard Law | Connecticut | 1777, 1781–1782 [11] | — | — | — | — |
182 | Arthur Lee | Virginia | 1782–1784 | — | — | — | — |
183 | Francis Lightfoot Lee | Virginia | 1775–1779 | — | X | X | — |
184 | Henry Lee | Virginia | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
185 | Richard Henry Lee | Virginia | 1774–1779, 1784–1785, 1787 | — | X | X | — |
186 | Thomas Sim Lee | Maryland | 1783 | — | — | — | — |
187 | Francis Lewis | New York | 1775–1779 | — | X | X | — |
188 | Ezra L'Hommedieu | New York | 1779–1783, 1788 | — | — | — | — |
189 | Samuel Livermore | New Hampshire | 1780–1782, 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
190 | Philip Livingston | New York | 1774–1778[3] | X | X | — | — |
191 | Robert R. Livingston | New York | 1775–1776, 1779–1780, 1784 | — | — | — | — |
192 | Walter Livingston | New York | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
193 | William Livingston | New Jersey | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | X |
194 | Edward Lloyd | Maryland | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
195 | Pierse Long | New Hampshire | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
196 | James Lovell | Massachusetts | 1777–1782 | — | — | X | — |
197 | Isaac Low | New York | 1774 | X | — | — | — |
198 | John Lowell | Massachusetts | 1782 | — | — | — | — |
199 | Thomas Lynch | South Carolina | 1774–1776 | — | — | — | — |
200 | Thomas Lynch, Jr. | South Carolina | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
201 | James Madison | Virginia | 1780–1783, 1787–1788 | — | — | — | X |
202 | James Manning | Rhode Island | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
203 | Henry Marchant | Rhode Island | 1777–1779 | — | — | X | — |
204 | John Mathews | South Carolina | 1778–1781 | — | — | X | — |
205 | Timothy Matlack | Pennsylvania | 1780 | — | — | — | — |
206 | Eleazer McComb | Delaware | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
207 | Alexander McDougall | New York | 1781 | — | — | — | — |
208 | James McHenry | Maryland | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | X |
209 | Thomas McKean | Delaware | 1774–1776, 1778–1782 | X | X | X | — |
210 | James McLene | Pennsylvania | 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
211 | James Mercer | Virginia | 1779 | — | — | — | — |
212 | John Francis Mercer | Virginia | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
213 | Samuel Meredith | Pennsylvania | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
214 | Arthur Middleton | South Carolina | 1776–1777, 1781–1782 | — | X | — | — |
215 | Henry Middleton | South Carolina | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
216 | Thomas Mifflin | Pennsylvania | 1774–1775, 1782–1784 | X | — | — | X |
217 | Nathan Miller | Rhode Island | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
218 | Nathaniel Mitchell | Delaware | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
219 | Stephen Mix Mitchell | Connecticut | 1785–1788 | — | — | — | — |
220 | James Monroe | Virginia | 1783–1786 | — | — | — | — |
221 | John Montgomery | Pennsylvania | 1782–1784 | — | — | — | — |
222 | Joseph Montgomery | Pennsylvania | 1780–1782 | — | — | — | — |
223 | Cadwalader Morris | Pennsylvania | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
224 | Gouverneur Morris | New York | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | X |
225 | Lewis Morris | New York | 1775–1777 | — | X | — | — |
226 | Robert Morris | Pennsylvania | 1775–1778 | — | X | X | X |
227 | John Morton | Pennsylvania | 1774–1776 | X | X | — | — |
228 | Isaac Motte | South Carolina | 1780–1782 | — | — | — | — |
229 | Daniel Mowry, Jr. | Rhode Island | 1780–1782 | — | — | — | — |
230 | Frederick Muhlenberg | Pennsylvania | 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
231 | Abner Nash | North Carolina | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
232 | Thomas Nelson, Jr. | Virginia | 1775–1777, 1779 | — | X | — | — |
233 | Samuel Osgood | Massachusetts | 1781–1784 | — | — | — | — |
234 | Samuel Allyne Otis | Massachusetts | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
235 | William Paca | Maryland | 1774–1779 | X | X | — | — |
236 | Mann Page | Virginia | 1777 | — | — | — | — |
237 | Ephraim Paine | New York | 1784 | — | — | — | — |
238 | Robert Treat Paine | Massachusetts | 1774–1776 | X | X | — | — |
239 | John Parker | South Carolina | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
240 | George Partridge | Massachusetts | 1779–1785 | — | — | — | — |
241 | John Patten | Delaware | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
242 | Nathaniel Peabody | New Hampshire | 1779–1780 [12] | — | — | — | — |
243 | William Peery | Delaware | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
244 | Philip Pell | New York | 1789 | — | — | — | — |
245 | Edmund Pendleton | Virginia | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
246 | John Penn | North Carolina | 1775–1780 | — | X | X | — |
247 | Richard Peters, Jr. | Pennsylvania | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
248 | Charles Pettit | Pennsylvania | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
249 | William Pierce | Georgia | 1787 | — | — | — | — |
250 | Charles Pinckney | South Carolina | 1784–1787[3] | — | — | — | X |
251 | George Plater | Maryland | 1778–1780 | — | — | — | — |
252 | Zephaniah Platt | New York | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
253 | Richard Potts | Maryland | 1781 | — | — | — | — |
254 | David Ramsay | South Carolina | 1782–1783, 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
255 | Nathaniel Ramsey | Maryland | 1786–1787 | — | — | — | — |
256 | Edmund Randolph | Virginia | 1779, 1781–1782 | — | — | — | — |
257 | Peyton Randolph | Virginia | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | — |
258 | George Read | Delaware | 1774–1777 | X | X | — | X |
259 | Jacob Read | South Carolina | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | — |
260 | Joseph Reed | Pennsylvania | 1778 | — | — | X | — |
261 | James Randolph Reid | Pennsylvania | 1787–1789 | — | — | — | — |
262 | Samuel Rhoads | Pennsylvania | 1774 | — | — | — | — |
263 | Daniel Roberdeau | Pennsylvania | 1777–1779 | — | — | X | — |
264 | Caesar Rodney | Delaware | 1774–1776 | X | X | — | — |
265 | Thomas Rodney | Delaware | 1781–1782, 1786 | — | — | — | — |
266 | John Rogers | Maryland | 1775–1776 | — | — | — | — |
267 | Jesse Root | Connecticut | 1778–1782 | — | — | — | — |
268 | David Ross | Maryland | 1787–1789 | — | — | — | — |
269 | George Ross | Pennsylvania | 1774–1777 | X | X | — | — |
270 | Benjamin Rumsey | Maryland | 1776–1777 | — | — | — | — |
271 | Benjamin Rush | Pennsylvania | 1776–1777 | — | X | — | — |
272 | Edward Rutledge | South Carolina | 1774–1776 | — | X | — | — |
273 | John Rutledge | South Carolina | 1774–1775, 1782–1783 | — | — | — | X |
274 | James Schureman | New Jersey | 1786–1787 | — | — | — | — |
275 | Philip Schuyler | New York | 1775, 1777, 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
276 | John Morin Scott | New York | 1780–1783[3] | — | — | — | — |
277 | Nathaniel Scudder | New Jersey | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | — |
278 | James Searle | Pennsylvania | 1778–1780 | — | — | — | — |
279 | Theodore Sedgwick | Massachusetts | 1785–1786, 1788 | — | — | — | — |
280 | Joshua Seney | Maryland | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
281 | Jonathan Sergeant | New Jersey | 1776–1777 | — | — | — | — |
282 | William Sharpe | North Carolina | 1779–1781 | — | — | — | — |
283 | Roger Sherman | Connecticut | 1774–1781, 1784 | X | X | X | X |
284 | William Shippen | Pennsylvania | 1779–1780 | — | — | — | — |
285 | John Sitgreaves | North Carolina | 1785 | — | — | — | — |
286 | James Smith | Pennsylvania | 1776–1778 | — | X | — | — |
287 | Jonathan Bayard Smith | Pennsylvania | 1777–1778 | — | — | X | — |
288 | Melancton Smith | New York | 1785–1787 | — | — | — | — |
289 | Meriwether Smith | Virginia | 1778, 1780–1781[13] | — | — | — | — |
290 | Richard Smith | New Jersey | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
291 | Thomas Smith | Pennsylvania | 1781–1782 | — | — | — | — |
292 | William Smith | Maryland | 1777 | — | — | — | — |
293 | Richard Dobbs Spaight | North Carolina | 1783–1785 | — | — | — | X |
294 | Joseph Spencer | Connecticut | 1779 | — | — | — | — |
295 | Arthur St. Clair | Pennsylvania | 1786–1787 | — | — | — | — |
296 | John Stevens | New Jersey | 1784 | — | — | — | — |
297 | Charles Stewart | New Jersey | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
298 | Richard Stockton | New Jersey | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
299 | Thomas Stone | Maryland | 1775–1776, 1778, 1784 | — | X | — | — |
300 | Jonathan Sturges | Connecticut | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
301 | John Sullivan | New Hampshire | 1774–1775, 1780–1781 | X | — | — | — |
302 | John Swann | North Carolina | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
303 | James Sykes | Delaware | 1777 | — | — | — | — |
304 | John Cleves Symmes | New Jersey | 1785–1786 | — | — | — | — |
305 | George Taylor | Pennsylvania | 1776 | — | X | — | — |
306 | Edward Telfair | Georgia | 1778, 1780–1782 | — | — | X | — |
307 | George Thatcher | Massachusetts | 1787–1789 | — | — | — | — |
308 | Matthew Thornton | New Hampshire | 1776–1777 | — | X | — | — |
309 | Matthew Tilghman | Maryland | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
310 | James Tilton | Delaware | 1783–1784 | — | — | — | — |
311 | Thomas Tudor Tucker | South Carolina | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
312 | Nicholas Van Dyke | Delaware | 1777–1781 | — | — | X | — |
313 | James Mitchell Varnum | Rhode Island | 1780–1781, 1787 | — | — | — | — |
314 | John M. Vining | Delaware | 1784–1785 | — | — | — | — |
315 | James Wadsworth | Connecticut | 1784 | — | — | — | — |
316 | Jeremiah Wadsworth | Connecticut | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
317 | John Walker | Virginia | 1780 | — | — | — | — |
318 | George Walton | Georgia | 1776–1777, 1780–1781 | — | X | X | — |
319 | John Walton | Georgia | 1778 | — | — | — | — |
320 | Artemas Ward | Massachusetts | 1780–1781 | — | — | — | — |
321 | Samuel Ward | Rhode Island | 1774–1776 | X | — | — | — |
322 | George Washington | Virginia | 1774–1775 | — | — | — | X |
323 | John Wentworth Jr. | New Hampshire | 1778 | — | — | X | — |
324 | Samuel Wharton | Delaware | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
325 | William Whipple | New Hampshire | 1776–1779 | — | X | — | — |
326 | James White | North Carolina | 1786–1788 | — | — | — | — |
327 | Phillips White | New Hampshire | 1782–1783 | — | — | — | — |
328 | John Williams | North Carolina | 1778–1779 | — | — | X | — |
329 | William Williams | Connecticut | 1776–1777 | — | X | — | — |
330 | Hugh Williamson | North Carolina | 1782–1785, 1787–1789[3] | — | — | — | X |
331 | Thomas Willing | Pennsylvania | 1775–1776 | — | — | — | — |
332 | James Wilson | Pennsylvania | 1775–1777, 1783, 1785–1786 | — | X | — | X |
333 | Paine Wingate | New Hampshire | 1788 | — | — | — | — |
334 | Henry Wisner | New York | 1774–1776[3] | X | — | — | — |
335 | John Witherspoon | New Jersey | 1776–1782 | — | X | X | — |
336 | Oliver Wolcott | Connecticut | 1776–1778, 1780–1783 | — | X | X | — |
337 | Joseph Wood | Georgia | 1777–1778 | — | — | — | — |
338 | Turbutt Wright | Maryland | 1782 | — | — | — | — |
339 | Henry Wynkoop | Pennsylvania | 1779–1782 | — | — | — | — |
340 | George Wythe | Virginia | 1775–1776 | — | X | — | — |
341 | Abraham Yates | New York | 1787–1788 | — | — | — | — |
342 | Peter W. Yates | New York | 1786 | — | — | — | — |
343 | John Joachim Zubly | Georgia | 1775 | — | — | — | — |
Elected but did not attend
This table shows those who were elected as delegates to the Continental Congress but never attended a session. All data is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
# | Name | State | Years elected |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Benjamin Andrew | Georgia | 1780 |
2 | Samuel Ashley | New Hampshire | 1779 |
3 | George Atkinson | New Hampshire | 1780, 1785 |
4 | John Barnwell | South Carolina | 1784 |
5 | Gunning Bedford, Sr. | Delaware | 1786 |
6 | Benjamin Bellows | New Hampshire | 1781 |
7 | John Blair | Virginia | 1781 |
8 | James Bowdoin | Massachusetts | 1774 |
9 | William Bradford | Rhode Island | 1776 |
10 | Ephraim Brevard | North Carolina | 1781 |
11 | John Brown | Rhode Island | 1784, 1785 |
12 | John Canfield | Connecticut | 1786 |
13 | George Champlin | Rhode Island | 1785, 1786 |
14 | Charles C. Chandler | Connecticut | 1784 |
15 | John Chester | Connecticut | 1787, 1788 |
16 | Matthew Clarkson | Pennsylvania | 1785 |
17 | Joseph Clay | Georgia | 1778 |
18 | John Cooper | New Jersey | 1776 |
19 | Tristram Dalton | Massachusetts | 1783, 1784 |
20 | Timothy Danielson | Massachusetts | 1780, 1782, 1783 |
21 | Elias Dayton | New Jersey | 1778 |
22 | Moses Dow | New Hampshire | 1784 |
23 | Samuel Duffield | Pennsylvania | 1777 |
24 | Timothy Edwards | Massachusetts | 1778 |
25 | Samuel Elbert | Georgia | 1784 |
26 | John Evans | Delaware | 1776 |
27 | Sylvester Gardner | Rhode Island | 1787 |
28 | Edward Giles | Maryland | 1782 |
29 | Alexander Gillion | South Carolina | 1784 |
30 | Isaac Grantham | Delaware | 1787 |
31 | James Gunn | Georgia | 1787 |
32 | Joseph Habersham | Georgia | 1784 |
33 | John Hathorn | New York | 1788[14] |
34 | Thomas Henderson | New Jersey | 1779 |
35 | James Hillhouse | Connecticut | 1786, 1788 |
36 | William Hillhouse | Connecticut | 1783, 1785 |
37 | Thomas Holden | Rhode Island | 1788, 1789 |
38 | Charles Johnson | North Carolina | 1781, 1784, 1785 |
39 | Gabriel Jones | Virginia | 1779 |
40 | Samuel Jones | New York | 1788 |
41 | Henry Latimer | Delaware | 1784 |
42 | Levi Lincoln | Massachusetts | 1781 |
43 | Rawlins Lowndes | South Carolina | 1779 |
44 | Nathaniel Macon | North Carolina | 1785 |
45 | Daniel Manton | Rhode Island | 1787 |
46 | Alexander Martin | North Carolina | 1786 |
47 | Luther Martin | Maryland | 1784 |
48 | George Mason | Virginia | 1777 |
49 | Joseph McDowell | North Carolina | 1787 |
50 | Lachlan McIntosh | Georgia | 1784 |
51 | John McKinly | Delaware | 1784 |
52 | William Montgomery | Pennsylvania | 1784 |
53 | William Moore | Pennsylvania | 1777 |
54 | William Moultrie | South Carolina | 1784 |
55 | Paul Mumford | Rhode Island | 1785 |
56 | John Neilson | New Jersey | 1778[15] |
57 | Joseph Nicholson | Maryland | 1777 |
58 | William O'Bryen | Georgia | 1789 |
59 | Adlai Osborn | North Carolina | 1784 |
60 | Henry Osborne | Georgia | 1786 |
61 | William Paterson | New Jersey | 1780, 1787 |
62 | Samuel Patterson | Delaware | 1784 |
63 | Elisha Payne | New Hampshire | 1784 |
64 | Nathaniel Pendlenton | Georgia | 1789 |
65 | Thomas Person | North Carolina | 1784 |
66 | Peter Philips | Rhode Island | 1785 |
67 | John Pickering | New Hampshire | 1787 |
68 | William Pitkin | Connecticut | 1784 |
69 | Thomas Polk | North Carolina | 1786 |
70 | Richard Ridgely | Maryland | 1784, 1785 |
71 | Gustavus Scott | Maryland | 1784 |
72 | William Smallwood | Maryland | 1784 |
73 | Benjamin Smith | North Carolina | 1784 |
74 | John Sparhawk | New Hampshire | 1786 |
75 | Samuel Stirk | Georgia | 1781 |
76 | John Stokes | North Carolina | 1787 |
77 | Caleb Strong | Massachusetts | 1780 |
78 | Jedediah Strong | Connecticut | 1782, 1784, 1784 |
79 | James Sullivan | Massachusetts | 1782, 1783 |
80 | Thomas Sumter | South Carolina | 1783 |
81 | Ebenezer Thompson | New Hampshire | 1778, 1783 |
82 | John Treadwell | Connecticut | 1784, 1785, 1787 |
83 | Paul Trapier | South Carolina | 1777 |
84 | Joseph Trumbull | Connecticut | 1774 |
85 | Timothy Walker, Jr. | New Hampshire | 1777, 1778, 1782, 1785 |
86 | James Warren | Massachusetts | 1782 |
87 | Joshua Wentworth | New Hampshire | 1779 |
88 | Benjamin West | New Hampshire | 1787 |
89 | Stephen West | Maryland | 1780 |
90 | Erastus Wolcott | Connecticut | 1774, 1787, 1788 |
Notes
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 40–44.
- ^ Burnett, Continental Congress, 32.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Dates as given in this subject's entry in the American National Biography.
- ^ Selected to the first Congress but did not serve; Purcell 38
- ^ The Biographical Directory just lists 1784, but according to Purcell, Blanchard also served in 1787.
- ^ Turned down appointment to First Congress; Purcell
- ^ Dates as given in this subject's entry in the Dictionary of American Biography.
- ^ The Biographical Directory says that he served until 1776, but according to the Journal, he resigned in November 1775.
- ^ The Biographical Directory lists only the 1779 term, but the Dictionary of American Biography states that Frelinghuysen was elected to another term in 1783.
- ^ Was first elected as a delegate in 1775, but did not attend; ANB.
- ^ Also appointed in 1774, but unable to attend due to ill health; ANB
- ^ Reappointed in 1785 but did not attend; Purcell.
- ^ Also elected in 1779 but declined to serve; ANB.
- ^ Elected in 1788, but new government went into effect before he took his seat. Was elected to 1st US Congress. (Purcell)
- ^ Did not attend because he was in the field with the militia.
References
- American National Biography.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington D. C., 1989.
- Burnett, Edward Cody. The Continental Congress. New York: Norton, 1941.
- Dictionary of American Biography.
- Purcell, L. Edward. Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 0-8160-2107-4.