SurSteven:
Can anyone name the names of all of the men who signed the constitution? ...and also, their wive's names? The Constitution was designed to cover all men and all women...and everyone equally. That's the important thing. Would you have it any other way?
The Constitution was not designed to cover women (or slaves for that matter). That is why it was amended much later on Thirty-nine of the fifty-five delegates, who attended the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution (as witnesses) on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No delegate from Rhode Island signed the document, since the state declined to send a representative.[1] In addition to the 39 delegates, the convention's secretary William Jackson also signed the document, not as a delegate, but in attestation of the document's signing. Several notable politicians of the time did not attend the convention, including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (both of whom were overseas working as diplomats), as well as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry (who considered the previous system of government acceptable).[1] Jonathan Dayton at the age of 26 was the youngest signer whereas Benjamin Franklin at the age of 81 was the oldest.[1] [edit] SignatoriesOrder Name State represented 1 Washington, GeorgeGeorge Washington Virginia 2 Read, GeorgeGeorge Read [a] Delaware 3 Bedford, Jr., GunningGunning Bedford, Jr. Delaware 4 Dickinson, JohnJohn Dickinson Delaware 5 Bassett, RichardRichard Bassett Delaware 6 Broom, JacobJacob Broom Delaware 7 McHenry, JamesJames McHenry Maryland 8 Jenifer, Daniel of St. ThomasDaniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Maryland 9 Carroll, DanielDaniel Carroll Maryland 10 Blair, JohnJohn Blair Virginia 11 Madison, Jr., JamesJames Madison, Jr. Virginia 12 Blount, WilliamWilliam Blount North Carolina 13 Spaight, Richard DobbsRichard Dobbs Spaight North Carolina 14 Williamson, HughHugh Williamson North Carolina 15 Rutledge, JohnJohn Rutledge South Carolina 16 Pinckney, Charles CotesworthCharles Cotesworth Pinckney South Carolina 17 Pinckney, CharlesCharles Pinckney South Carolina 18 Butler, PiercePierce Butler South Carolina 19 Few, WilliamWilliam Few Georgia 20 Baldwin, AbrahamAbraham Baldwin Georgia 21 Langdon, JohnJohn Langdon New Hampshire 22 Gilman, NicholasNicholas Gilman New Hampshire 23 Gorham, NathanielNathaniel Gorham Massachusetts 24 King, RufusRufus King Massachusetts 25 Johnson, William SamuelWilliam Samuel Johnson Connecticut 26 Sherman, RogerRoger Sherman [a][c] Connecticut 27 Hamilton, AlexanderAlexander Hamilton New York 28 Livingston, WilliamWilliam Livingston New Jersey 29 Brearley, DavidDavid Brearley New Jersey 30 Paterson, WilliamWilliam Paterson New Jersey 31 Dayton, JonathanJonathan Dayton New Jersey 32 Franklin, BenjaminBenjamin Franklin [a] Pennsylvania 33 Mifflin, ThomasThomas Mifflin Pennsylvania 34 Morris, RobertRobert Morris [a] Pennsylvania 35 Clymer, GeorgeGeorge Clymer [a] Pennsylvania 36 FitzSimons, ThomasThomas FitzSimons Pennsylvania 37 Ingersoll, JaredJared Ingersoll Pennsylvania 38 Wilson, JamesJames Wilson [a] Pennsylvania 39 Morris, GouverneurGouverneur Morris Pennsylvania****