Signers of the Declaration of Independence

2. He served for some twelve years as Crown Prosecutor to Carlisle, until elected to the provincial legislature of his state in 1768.
5. He was involved in provisioning food and medicine for the Revolutionary Armies.
7. He served as sheriff for more than twenty years.
10. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775, where he played a crucial role in the rebellion against Great Britain.
13. He attended Harvard College and graduated at the age of 15.
14. He was elected to the Council of Safety at Charleston in 1775.
15. He was appointed to the provincial convention in Philadelphia in 1775, the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the Continental Congress the same year.
16. He was selected as the first President of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
17. In succeeding years he served as the clerk of the Provincial Assembly.
18. In 1789 he was appointed to the Federal Bench, but a year later he retired due to failing health.
19. He spoke out against British tyranny long before the revolutionary period.

1. He served as a brigadier-general in the New York militia.
3. In 1776 he was elected to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence.
4. He was elected to represent Maryland on the 4th of July, and though he was too late to vote for the Declaration, he did sign it.
5. He served many offices and duties there until 1773, when he was appointed to the superior Court of Connecticut.
6. He was elected to Congress in 1775, He did not speak much so little is known of his service there, except that he was a member of the committee that framed the Articles of Confederation.
8. He was the first to sign the Declaration, after John Hancock.
9. He led the state through the crisis of the war, raising money, troops, and supplies for the defense of his state.
11. He was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1769.
12. He was elected President in 1796.