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Signatures

Following the text of Article 7 are forty signatures: that of William Jackson, secretary of the convention, and those of 39 delegates, listed below. The final draft was signed on 17 September, 1787.

Connecticut

• William S. Johnson
• Roger Sherman

Delaware

• Richard Bassett
• Gunning Bedford Jr.
• Jacob Broom
• John Dickinson
• George Read

Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin
• William Few

Maryland

• Daniel Carroll
• Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
• James McHenry

Massachusetts

• Nathaniel Gorham
• Rufus King

New Hampshire

• Nicholas Gilman
• John Langdon

New Jersey

• David Brearly
• Jonathan Dayton
• William Livingston
• William Paterson

New York

• Alexander Hamilton

North Carolina

• William Blount
• Richard Spaight
• Hugh Williamson

Pennsylvania

• George Clymer
• Thomas Fitzsimons
• Benjamin Franklin
• Jared Ingersoll
• Thomas Mifflin
• Gouverneur Morris
• Robert Morris
• James Wilson

South Carolina

• Pierce Butler
• Charles Pinckney
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
• John Rutledge

Virginia

• John Blair
• James Madison
• George Washington

The following persons attended the convention but did not sign. Reasons vary - some did not agree with the direction the convention was headed or with the final draft; others had to leave the convention early to tend to private or political matters.

• William Davie of North Carolina
• Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut
• Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts
• William Houston of New Jersey
• William Houstoun of Georgia
• John Lansing of New York
• Alexander Martin of North Carolina
• Luther Martin of Maryland
• George Mason of Virginia
• James McClurg of Virginia
• John Mercer of Maryland
• William Pierce of Georgia
• Edmund Randolph of Virginia
• Caleb Strong of Massachusetts
• George Wythe of Virginia
• Robert Yates of New York