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