signers

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seq ▼ name state birth_year age_at_signing birthplace education occupation
1 Josiah Bartlett New Hampshire 1729 46 Amesbury, Massachusetts read law / apprenticed Physician
2 William Whipple New Hampshire 1731 45 Kittery, Massachusetts (now Maine) largely self-educated Merchant
3 Matthew Thornton New Hampshire 1714 62 Ireland read law / apprenticed Physician
4 John Hancock Massachusetts 1737 39 Braintree, Massachusetts Harvard Merchant
5 Samuel Adams Massachusetts 1722 53 Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Statesman
6 John Adams Massachusetts 1735 40 Braintree, Massachusetts Harvard Lawyer
7 Robert Treat Paine Massachusetts 1731 45 Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Lawyer
8 Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts 1744 32 Marblehead, Massachusetts Harvard Merchant
9 Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island 1707 69 Providence, Rhode Island largely self-educated Merchant
10 William Ellery Rhode Island 1727 48 Newport, Rhode Island Harvard Lawyer
11 Roger Sherman Connecticut 1721 55 Newton, Massachusetts largely self-educated Lawyer
12 Samuel Huntington Connecticut 1731 45 Windham, Connecticut largely self-educated Lawyer
13 William Williams Connecticut 1731 45 Lebanon, Connecticut Harvard Merchant
14 Oliver Wolcott Connecticut 1726 49 Windsor, Connecticut Yale Politician
15 William Floyd New York 1734 41 Brookhaven, New York largely self-educated Farmer
16 Philip Livingston New York 1716 60 Albany, New York Yale Merchant
17 Francis Lewis New York 1713 63 Llandaff, Wales Westminster School Merchant
18 Lewis Morris New York 1726 50 Morrisania, New York Yale Planter
19 Richard Stockton New Jersey 1730 45 Princeton, New Jersey College of New Jersey (Princeton) Lawyer
20 John Witherspoon New Jersey 1723 53 Gifford (Yester), Scotland University of Edinburgh Minister
21 Francis Hopkinson New Jersey 1737 38 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) Lawyer
22 John Hart New Jersey 1713   Stonington, Connecticut largely self-educated Farmer
23 Abraham Clark New Jersey 1726 50 Elizabethtown, New Jersey largely self-educated Surveyor
24 Robert Morris Pennsylvania 1734 42 Liverpool, England read law / apprenticed Merchant
25 Benjamin Rush Pennsylvania 1746 30 Byberry, Pennsylvania College of New Jersey (Princeton) Physician
26 Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania 1706 70 Boston, Massachusetts largely self-educated Printer
27 John Morton Pennsylvania 1725   Ridley, Pennsylvania largely self-educated Farmer
28 George Clymer Pennsylvania 1739 37 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania read law / apprenticed Merchant
29 James Smith Pennsylvania 1719   Ireland Philadelphia Academy (University of Pennsylvania) Lawyer
30 George Taylor Pennsylvania 1716   Ulster, Ireland largely self-educated Ironmaster
31 James Wilson Pennsylvania 1742 33 Carskerdo (Fife), Scotland University of St Andrews Lawyer
32 George Ross Pennsylvania 1730 46 New Castle, Delaware largely self-educated Lawyer
33 George Read Delaware 1733 42 Cecil County, Maryland read law / apprenticed Lawyer
34 Caesar Rodney Delaware 1728 47 Kent County, Delaware largely self-educated Planter
35 Thomas McKean Delaware 1734 42 New London Township, Pennsylvania read law / apprenticed Lawyer
36 Samuel Chase Maryland 1741 35 Princess Anne, Maryland read law / apprenticed Lawyer
37 William Paca Maryland 1740 35 Abingdon, Maryland College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) Lawyer
38 Thomas Stone Maryland 1743   Charles County, Maryland read law / apprenticed Lawyer
39 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Maryland 1737 38 Annapolis, Maryland College of St. Omer (Jesuit, France) / studied law in London Planter
40 George Wythe Virginia 1726 50 Chesterville, Virginia College of William & Mary Lawyer
41 Richard Henry Lee Virginia 1732 44 Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield (England) Planter
42 Thomas Jefferson Virginia 1743 33 Shadwell, Virginia College of William & Mary Lawyer
43 Benjamin Harrison V Virginia 1726 50 Charles City County, Virginia College of William & Mary Planter
44 Thomas Nelson Jr. Virginia 1738 37 Yorktown, Virginia University of Cambridge (Christ's College) Planter
45 Francis Lightfoot Lee Virginia 1734 41 Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia largely self-educated Planter
46 Carter Braxton Virginia 1736 39 King and Queen County, Virginia College of William & Mary Planter
47 William Hooper North Carolina 1742 34 Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Lawyer
48 Joseph Hewes North Carolina 1730 46 Princeton, New Jersey largely self-educated Merchant
49 John Penn North Carolina 1741 35 Caroline County, Virginia read law / apprenticed Lawyer
50 Edward Rutledge South Carolina 1749 26 Charleston, South Carolina Inns of Court / read law Lawyer
51 Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina 1746 30 St. Luke's Parish, South Carolina Inns of Court / read law Lawyer
52 Thomas Lynch Jr. South Carolina 1749 26 Georgetown, South Carolina Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Planter
53 Arthur Middleton South Carolina 1742 34 Charleston, South Carolina Trinity Hall, Cambridge Planter
54 Button Gwinnett Georgia 1735 41 Gloucester, England largely self-educated Merchant
55 Lyman Hall Georgia 1724 52 Wallingford, Connecticut Yale Physician
56 George Walton Georgia 1749 27 Cumberland County, Virginia read law / apprenticed Lawyer

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CREATE TABLE signers(
        seq integer primary key,
        name text,
        state text,
        birth_year integer,
        age_at_signing integer,
        birthplace text,
        education text,
        occupation text);