The Original America Month: Part 4 - What happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence?

This post is taken from the following: The Declaration of Independence: The Signers. If you want to read it in full I would go ahead and do that and skip this post otherwise read on.

All of the colonies were represented in Philadelphia… In all, there were fifty-six representatives… Fourteen represented the New England Colonies, twenty-one represented the Middle Colonies and twenty-one represented the Southern Colonies…None of the signers died at the hands of the British, and one-third served as militia officers during the war. Four of the signers were taken captive during the war and nearly all of them were poorer at the end of the war than at the beginning.

Each signer by state and what they did after the war.

Connecticut

Samuel Huntington (1731-1796)

He was the President of Congress from 1779-1781 and presided over the adoption of the Articles of Confederation in 1781. He returned to Connecticut and was the Chief Justice of the Superior Court in 1784, Lieutenant Governor in 1785 and Governor from 1786-1796.

Roger Sherman (1723-1793)

He and Robert Morris were the only individuals to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. He was the Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766-1789, a member of the Continental Congress from 1774-81; 1783-84 and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Sherman proposed the famed “Connecticut Compromise” at the convention.

William Williams (1731-1811)

Williams was a member of the committee that was instrumental in framing the Articles of Confederation. He was a delegate to vote on the ratification of the Federal Constitution and also served as a Judge of the Windham County Courthouse.

Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797)

served as a brigadier general in the New York campaigns from 1776-1777. As a major general, he was involved in defending the Connecticut coast from attacks by the Royal Governor of New York….from 1784-89, … Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1786-96 and Governor from 1796-97.

Read the rest The Original America Month: Part 4