President of Congress1. John Hancock (Massachusetts)New Hampshire2. Josiah Bartlett3. William Whipple4. Matthew ThorntonMassachusetts5. Samuel Adams6. John Adams7. Robert Treat Paine8. Elbridge GerryRhode Island9. Stephen Hopkins10. William ElleryConnecticut11. Roger Sherman12. Samuel Huntington13. William Williams14. Oliver WolcottNew York15. William Floyd16. Philip Livingston17. Francis Lewis18. Lewis MorrisNew Jersey19. Richard Stockton20. John Witherspoon21. Francis Hopkinson22. John Hart23. Abraham ClarkPennsylvania24. Robert Morris25. Benjamin Rush26. Benjamin Franklin27. John Morton28. George Clymer29. James Smith30. George Taylor31. James Wilson32. George RossDelaware33. George Read34. Caesar Rodney35. Thomas McKeanMaryland36. Samuel Chase 37. William Paca38. Thomas Stone39. Charles Carroll of CarrolltonVirginia40. George Wythe41. Richard Henry Lee42. Thomas Jefferson43. Benjamin Harrison44. Thomas Nelson, Jr.45. Francis Lightfoot Lee46. Carter BraxtonNorth Carolina47. William Hooper48. Joseph Hewes49. John PennSouth Carolina50. Edward Rutledge51. Thomas Heyward, Jr.52. Thomas Lynch, Jr.53. Arthur MiddletonGeorgia54. Button Gwinnett55. Lyman Hall56. George Walton