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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
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
- George Clymer
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Benjamin Franklin
- Jared Ingersoll
- Thomas Mifflin
- Gouverneur Morris
- Robert Morris
- James Wilson
South Carolina
Virginia
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