Delegates
| Name | Province | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bayard !William Bayard | New York Bayard !New York | Bayard, 38, was a wealthy New York City merchant. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he sided with the Loyalists, raising a provincial regiment for the British Army. His lands were confiscated; he died in England in 1804. |
| Borden !Joseph Borden | New Jersey Borden !New Jersey | Borden, 46, was a merchant, major landowner, and reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in New Jersey. His father founded Bordentown. |
| Bowler !Metcalf Bowler | Rhode Bowler !Rhode Island | Bowler, 39, was a London-born farmer and merchant. Despite apparent sympathy for the cause of independence, he was in the 20th century unmasked as a spy for the British during the Revolutionary War. |
| Bryan !George Bryan | Penn Bryan !Pennsylvania | Bryan, an Irish immigrant aged about 34, was a Philadelphia businessman. He later served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. |
| Cruger !John Cruger | New York Cruger !New York | Cruger, 55, was the Mayor of New York City, and had a long history of public service. |
| Dickinson !John Dickinson | Penn Dickinson !Pennsylvania | Dickinson, 33, was a lawyer from a wealthy family, who was active in Pennsylvania and Delaware politics. He later became one of the United States Founding Fathers, penning the influential Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania and signing the United States Constitution. |
| Dyer !Eliphalet Dyer | Conn Dyer !Connecticut | Dyer, 44, was a lawyer and land speculator. He was eventually appointed a judge in Connecticut, rising to be its chief justice after independence, and was a delegate to the Continental Congresses. |
| Fisher !Hendrick Fisher | New Jersey Fisher !New Jersey | A lay preacher and successful farmer from Bound Brook, Fisher (estimated to be in his 60s at the time of the congress) immigrated from the Electorate of the Palatinate (present-day Germany) as a child. He represented Somerset County in the assembly for many years. |
| Gadsden !Christopher Gadsden | South Car Gadsden !South Carolina | Gadsden, 41, was a wealthy Charleston merchant and plantation owner. He was an important figure in South Carolina's Sons of Liberty and later served in the Continental Army. |
| Johnson !William Johnson | Conn Johnson !Connecticut | Johnson, 38, was a neutralist lawyer who later was a leading drafter of the United States Constitution. |
| Lispenard !Leonard Lispenard | New York Lispenard !New York | Lispenard, 49, was a wealthy New York City merchant of Huguenot descent. He later became a leader in the New York Sons of Liberty. |
| Livingston P !Philip Livingston | New York Livingston P !New York | Livingston, 49, was a member of the powerful Livingston family and a successful businessman and politician. He supported independence during the Revolutionary War. Delegate Robert Livingston was his cousin. |
| Livingston R !Robert Livingston | New York Livingston R !New York | Livingston, 47, was a major provincial landowner, justice on New York's Supreme Court, and cousin to delegate Philip Livingston. He died in 1775. |
| Lynch !Thomas Lynch | South Car Lynch !South Carolina | Lynch, 38, was a major South Carolina plantation owner. A friend of co-delegate Christopher Gadsden, he later actively supported independence, but died in 1776. |
| McKean !Thomas McKean | Delaware McKean !Delaware | McKean, 31, was a judge and lawyer from New Castle. He served in the Continental Congresses and was a vocal advocate of independence. He was one of the principal drafters of the Articles of Confederation. |
| Morton !John Morton | Penn Morton !Pennsylvania | Morton, 41, was a successful farmer and surveyor. He served in both Continental Congresses, and signed the United States Declaration of Independence. |
| Murdock !William Murdock | Maryland Murdock !Maryland | Murdock, 55, was a major landowner and sheriff of Prince George's County. He died in 1769. |
| Ogden !Robert Ogden | New Jersey Ogden !New Jersey | Ogden, who turned 49 during the Congress, was speaker of the New Jersey assembly and a major landowner. He was one of two delegates who refused to sign the congress's petitions for personal political reasons. |
| Otis !James Otis | Massachusetts Otis !Massachusetts | Otis, 40, was a lawyer from a family with a long history of political opposition to the family of Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson. Otis is widely credited with popularizing the phrase "no taxation without representation" in response to Parliamentary tax bills. |
| Partridge !Oliver Partridge | Massachusetts Partridge !Massachusetts | Partridge, 53, was a major landowner, politician, and militia officer from western Massachusetts. Politically Loyalist, he remained neutral during the Revolutionary War, retaining his lands and the respect of his Patriotic neighbors. |
| Ringgold !Thomas Ringgold | Maryland Ringgold !Maryland | Ringgold, 50, was a merchant and landowner from Maryland's Eastern Shore. He died in 1772. |
| Rodney !Caesar Rodney | Delaware Rodney !Delaware | Rodney, 37, was a landowner, politician, and militia commander from Kent County. During the Revolutionary War he was active in suppressing Loyalist dissent in Delaware, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as Delaware's president from 1778 to 1781. |
| Rowland !David Rowland | Conn Rowland !Connecticut | Rowland, 51, was a Yale-educated legislator and judge from Fairfield. He died in 1768. |
| Ruggles !Timothy Ruggles | Massachusetts Ruggles !Massachusetts | Ruggles, 54, was a conservative lawyer with a long history of public service. When the Revolutionary War broke out he remained Loyal, and was eventually resettled in Nova Scotia. |
| Rutledge !John Rutledge | South Car Rutledge !South Carolina | Rutledge was at 26 the youngest delegate. The provincial attorney general at the time of the congress, he later served in a variety of pro-independence roles in South Carolina, and was briefly appointed Chief Justice of the United States by George Washington in 1795. |
| Tilghman !Edward Tilghman | Maryland Tilghman !Maryland | Tilghman, 54, was from a powerful Maryland family, and had served in public office for many years. He was a leading member of the anti-proprietary party in the provincial assembly, where he later served as speaker. |
| Ward !Henry Ward | Rhode Ward !Rhode Island | Ward, 33, was from a wealthy and politically powerful family. He and his brother Samuel, who was governor of Rhode Island at the time of the congress, both supported independence. |
| Source unless otherwise specified: Weslager, pp. 107–108 | ||
Jacob Kollock was also selected to represent the Delaware counties, and is known to have traveled to New York; however, there is no record of his attendance at the Congress' official sessions. Joseph Fox, speaker of the Pennsylvania assembly, was also chosen as a delegate, but decided not to attend because conditions in Pennsylvania required his presence there. Samuel Adams is often mistakenly listed as a delegate, but he is not on the list of delegates.
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