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