MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.
The names of those who for various reasons were absent when the Constitution was signed are given in italics; the names of those who were present, but refused to sign, are given in small capitals.
| New Hampshire | John Langdon. |
| Nicholas Gilman. | |
| Massachusetts | Elbridge Gerry. |
| Nathaniel Gorham. | |
| Rufus King. | |
| Caleb Strong. | |
| Connecticut | William Samuel Johnson. |
| Roger Sherman. | |
| Oliver Ellsworth. | |
| New York | Robert Yates. |
| Alexander Hamilton. | |
| John Lansing. | |
| New Jersey | William Livingston. |
| David Brearley. | |
| William Churchill Houston. | |
| William Paterson. | |
| Jonathan Dayton. | |
| Pennsylvania | Benjamin Franklin. |
| Thomas Mifflin. | |
| Robert Morris. | |
| George Clymer. | |
| Thomas Fitzsimmons. | |
| Jared Ingersoll. | |
| James Wilson. | |
| Gouverneur Morris. | |
| Delaware | George Read. |
| Gunning Bedford. | |
| John Dickinson. | |
| Richard Bassett. | |
| Jacob Broom. | |
| Maryland | James McHenry. |
| Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. | |
| Daniel Carroll. | |
| John Francis Mercer. | |
| Luther Martin. | |
| Virginia | George Washington. |
| Edmund Randolph. | |
| John Blair. | |
| James Madison. | |
| George Mason. | |
| George Wythe. | |
| James McClurg. | |
| North Carolina | Alexander Martin. |
| William Richardson Davie. | |
| William Blount. | |
| Richard Dobbs Spaight. | |
| Hugh Williamson. | |
| South Carolina | John Rutledge. |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. | |
| Charles Pinckney. | |
| Pierce Butler. | |
| Georgia | William Few. |
| Abraham Baldwin. | |
| William Pierce. | |
| William Houstoun. |
Of those who signed their names to the Federal Constitution, the six following were signers of the Declaration of Independence:—
| Roger Sherman, |
| Benjamin Franklin, |
| Robert Morris, |
| George Clymer, |
| James Wilson, |
| George Read. |
The ten following were appointed as delegates to the Federal Convention, but never took their seats:—
| New Hampshire | John Pickering. |
| Benjamin West. | |
| Massachusetts | Francis Dana. |
| New Jersey | John Nelson. |
| Abraham Clark. | |
| Virginia | Patrick Henry (declined). |
| North Carolina | Richard Caswell (resigned). |
| Willie Jones (declined). | |
| Georgia | George Walton. |
| Nathaniel Pendleton. |
No delegates were appointed by Rhode Island. In a letter addressed to "the Honourable the Chairman of the General Convention," and dated "Providence, May 11, 1787," several leading citizens of Rhode Island expressed their regret that their state should not be represented on so momentous an occasion. At the same time, says the letter, "the result of your deliberations ... we still hope may finally be approved and adopted by this state, for which we pledge our influence and best exertions." The letter was signed by John Brown, Joseph Nightingale, Levi Hall, Philip Allen, Paul Allen, Jabez Bowen, Nicholas Brown, John Jinkes, Welcome Arnold, William Russell, Jeremiah Olney, William Barton, and Thomas Lloyd Halsey. The letter was presented to the Convention on May 28th by Gouverneur Morris, and, "being read, was ordered to lie on the table for further consideration." See Elliot's Debates, v. 125.