List of delegates to the Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who attended the Continental Congress, including the future U.S. Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe, along with another 90 who were elected as delegates but never served.^[1] The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.

The First Continental Congress, which met briefly in Philadelphia in 1774, consisted of 56 delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that would become the United States.^[2] Convened in response to the Coercive Acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774, the delegates organized an economic boycott of Great Britain in protest and petitioned the king for a redress of grievances.

By the time the Second Continental Congress met in 1775, shooting in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) had begun. Moderates in the Congress still hoped that the colonies could be reconciled with Great Britain, but a movement towards independence steadily gained ground. Congress established the Continental Army (June 1775), coordinated the war effort, issued a Declaration of Independence in July 1776, and designed a new government in the Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781.

The ratification of the Articles of Confederation gave the Congress a new name: the Congress of the Confederation, which met from 1781 to 1789. The Confederation Congress helped guide the United States through the final stages of the war, but in peacetime the Congress declined in importance. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress had little power to compel the individual states to comply with its decisions. Increasingly, delegates elected to the Congress declined to serve, the leading men in each state preferred to serve in state government, and the Congress had difficulty establishing a quorum. When the Articles were replaced by the United States Constitution, the Confederation Congress was superseded by the United States Congress.

Delegates who attended

The following table shows the names of the delegates who at some point attended the Continental Congress. Because a delegate did not necessarily take his seat in Congress in the same year that he was elected, nor did he necessarily stay for the duration of his term, there are slight discrepancies in the sources regarding the years of service for some delegates. Only those years that the delegate actually attended Congress are shown on the table. All data is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where entries been corrected using more detailed sources, particularly the American National Biography.

The table also indicates (with an X) which delegates signed the Continental Association (1774), the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1778–1781), and the United States Constitution (1787). The first three documents were created by Congress, and so all signers were necessarily delegates; the United States Constitution was signed at a special convention outside of Congress, and its signatories were not all current or former members of Congress.

John Dickinson has two entries on the table because he served as a delegate from both Pennsylvania and Delaware. The person who most frequently attended Congress was not a delegate: he was Charles Thomson, who served as secretary throughout Congress' existence.

	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
1	Andrew Adams	Connecticut	1778	—	—	X	—
2	John Adams	Massachusetts	1774–1777	X	X	—	—
3	Samuel Adams	Massachusetts	1774–1781	X	X	X	—
4	Thomas Adams	Virginia	1778–1779	—	—	X	—
5	Robert Alexander	Maryland	1776	—	—	—	—
6	Andrew Allen	Pennsylvania	1775–1776	—	—	—	—
7	John Alsop	New York	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
8	John Armstrong Sr.	Pennsylvania	1779–1780	—	—	—	—
9	John Armstrong Jr.	Pennsylvania	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
10	Jonathan Arnold	Rhode Island	1782–1784^[3]	—	—	—	—
11	Peleg Arnold	Rhode Island	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
12	John B. Ashe	North Carolina	1787	—	—	—	—
13	Samuel John Atlee	Pennsylvania	1778–1782	—	—	—	—
14	Abraham Baldwin	Georgia	1785, 1787–1788	—	—	—	X
15	John Banister	Virginia	1778	—	—	X	—
16	Robert Barnwell	South Carolina	1789	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
17	Josiah Bartlett	New Hampshire	1775–1776, 1778 ^[4]	—	X	X	—
18	John Bubenheim Bayard	Pennsylvania	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
19	John Beatty	New Jersey	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
20	Gunning Bedford Jr.	Delaware	1783–1785	—	—	—	X
21	Thomas Bee	South Carolina	1780–1782	—	—	—	—
22	Egbert Benson	New York	1784, 1787–1788	—	—	—	—
23	Richard Beresford	South Carolina	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
24	Edward Biddle	Pennsylvania	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
25	William Bingham	Pennsylvania	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
26	Jonathan Blanchard	New Hampshire	1783–1784, 1787^[5]	—	—	—	—
27	Richard Bland	Virginia	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
28	Theodorick Bland	Virginia	1780–1783	—	—	—	—
29	Timothy Bloodworth	North Carolina	1786	—	—	—	—
30	William Blount	North Carolina	1782–1783, 1786–1787	—	—	—	X
31	Simon Boerum	New York	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
32	Elias Boudinot	New Jersey	1778, 1781–1783	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
33	Carter Braxton	Virginia	1776	—	X	—	—
34	John Brown	Virginia	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
35	Nathan Brownson	Georgia	1777	—	—	—	—
36	John Bull	South Carolina	1784–1787	—	—	—	—
37	Archibald Bulloch	Georgia	1775	—	—	—	—
38	Thomas Burke	North Carolina	1777–1781	—	—	—	—
39	William Burnet	New Jersey	1780–1781	—	—	—	—
40	Robert Burton	North Carolina	1787	—	—	—	—
41	Pierce Butler	South Carolina	1787	—	—	—	X
42	Lambert Cadwalader	New Jersey	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
43	William Carmichael	Maryland	1778–1779	—	—	—	—
44	Edward Carrington	Virginia	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
45	Charles Carroll ("Barrister")	Maryland	1776–1777	—	—	—	—
46	Charles Carroll ("of Carrollton")	Maryland	1776–1778 ^[6]	—	X	—	—
47	Daniel Carroll	Maryland	1781–1783	—	—	X	X
48	Richard Caswell	North Carolina	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
49	Jeremiah Chase	Maryland	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
50	Samuel Chase	Maryland	1774–1778	X	X	—	—
51	Abraham Clark	New Jersey	1776–1778, 1780–1783, 1786–1788	—	X	—	—
52	William Clingan	Pennsylvania	1777–1779	—	—	X	—
53	George Clinton	New York	1775–1776	—	—	—	—
54	George Clymer	Pennsylvania	1776–1777, 1780–1782	—	X	—	X
55	John Collins	Rhode Island	1778–1780, 1782–1783	—	—	X	—
56	Silas Condict	New Jersey	1781–1783	—	—	—	—
57	Benjamin Contee	Maryland	1788	—	—	—	—
58	Joseph Platt Cooke	Connecticut	1784–1785, 1787–1788	—	—	—	—
59	Ezekiel Cornell	Rhode Island	1780–1782	—	—	—	—
60	Tench Coxe	Pennsylvania	1788–1789^[7]	—	—	—	—
61	Stephen Crane	New Jersey	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
62	William Cumming	North Carolina	1785	—	—	—	—
63	Thomas Cushing	Massachusetts	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
64	Francis Dana	Massachusetts	1777–1778, 1784	—	—	X	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
65	Nathan Dane	Massachusetts	1785–1789^[3]	—	—	—	—
66	John Dawson	Virginia	1788	—	—	—	—
67	Jonathan Dayton	New Jersey	1788–1789^[3]	—	—	—	X
68	Silas Deane	Connecticut	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
69	John De Hart	New Jersey	1774–1775 ^[8]	X	—	—	—
70	Charles DeWitt	New York	1784	—	—	—	—
71	Samuel Dick	New Jersey	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
72	John Dickinson	Delaware	1779	X (Pennsylvania)	—	X	X
72	John Dickinson	Pennsylvania	1774–1776	X	—	X (Delaware)	X (Delaware)
73	Philemon Dickinson	Delaware	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
74	William Henry Drayton	South Carolina	1778–1779	—	—	X	—
75	James Duane	New York	1774–1783	X	—	X	—
76	William Duer	New York	1777–1779^[3]	—	—	X	—
77	Eliphalet Dyer	Connecticut	1774–1779, 1782–1783	X	—	—	—
78	Pierpont Edwards	Connecticut	1788	—	—	—	—
79	William Ellery	Rhode Island	1776–1785	—	X	X	—
80	Oliver Ellsworth	Connecticut	1778–1783	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
81	Jonathan Elmer	New Jersey	1777–1778, 1781–1783, 1787–1788	—	—	—	—
82	Nicholas Eveleigh	South Carolina	1781–1782	—	—	—	—
83	John Fell	New Jersey	1778–1780	—	—	—	—
84	William Few	Georgia	1780–1782, 1786–1788	—	—	—	X
85	William Fitzhugh	Virginia	1779	—	—	—	—
86	Thomas Fitzsimons	Pennsylvania	1782–1783	—	—	—	X
87	William Fleming	Virginia	1779	—	—	—	—
88	William Floyd	New York	1774–1776, 1779–1783	X	X	—	—
89	Nathaniel Folsom	New Hampshire	1774, 1777–1780	X	—	—	—
90	James Forbes	Maryland	1778–1780	—	—	—	—
91	Uriah Forrest	Maryland	1787	—	—	—	—
92	Abiel Foster	New Hampshire	1783–1785	—	—	—	—
93	Benjamin Franklin	Pennsylvania	1775–1776	—	X	—	X
94	Frederick Frelinghuysen	New Jersey	1779, 1783^[9]	—	—	—	—
95	George Frost	New Hampshire	1777–1779	—	—	—	—
96	Christopher Gadsden	South Carolina	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
97	Joseph Galloway	Pennsylvania	1774	X	—	—	—
98	Leonard Gansevoort	New York	1788	—	—	—	—
99	John Gardner	Rhode Island	1789	—	—	—	—
100	Joseph Gardner	Pennsylvania	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
101	David Gelston	New York	1789	—	—	—	—
102	Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	1776–1781, 1783–1785^[3]	—	X	X	—
103	John Lewis Gervais	South Carolina	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
104	William Gibbons	Georgia	1784	—	—	—	—
105	John Taylor Gilman	New Hampshire	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
106	Nicholas Gilman	New Hampshire	1787–1789	—	—	—	X
107	Robert Goldsborough	Maryland	1774–1776	—	—	—	—
108	Nathaniel Gorham	Massachusetts	1782–1783, 1785–1787^[3]	—	—	—	X
109	William Grayson	Virginia	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
110	Cyrus Griffin	Virginia	1778–1780, 1787–1788	—	—	—	—
111	Button Gwinnett	Georgia	1776	—	X	—	—
112	John Habersham	Georgia	1785	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
113	John Hall	Maryland	1775	—	—	—	—
114	Lyman Hall	Georgia	1775–1777	—	X	—	—
115	Alexander Hamilton	New York	1782–1783, 1788	—	—	—	X
116	John Hancock	Massachusetts	1775–1778	—	X	X	—
117	Edward Hand	Pennsylvania	1784–1785^[3]	—	—	—	—
118	John Hanson	Maryland	1780–1782	—	—	X	—
119	Samuel Hardy	Virginia	1783–1785	—	—	—	—
120	John Haring	New York	1774, 1785–1787	—	—	—	—
121	Cornelius Harnett	North Carolina	1777–1779	—	—	X	—
122	Benjamin Harrison	Virginia	1774–1777	X	X	—	—
123	William Harrison Jr.	Maryland	1786	—	—	—	—
124	John Hart	New Jersey	1776	—	X	—	—
125	John Harvie	Virginia	1777–1778	—	—	X	—
126	Benjamin Hawkins	North Carolina	1781–1783, 1787	—	—	—	—
127	Jonathan Hazard	Rhode Island	1788	—	—	—	—
128	William Hemsley	Maryland	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
129	James Henry	Virginia	1780	—	—	—	—
130	John Henry	Maryland	1778–1780, 1785–1786	—	—	—	—
131	Patrick Henry	Virginia	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
132	William Henry	Pennsylvania	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
133	Joseph Hewes	North Carolina	1774–1776, 1779	X	X	—	—
134	Thomas Heyward Jr.	South Carolina	1776–1778	—	X	X	—
135	Stephen Higginson	Massachusetts	1783	—	—	—	—
136	Whitmell Hill	North Carolina	1778–1780	—	—	—	—
137	William Hindman	Maryland	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
138	Samuel Holten	Massachusetts	1778–1780, 1783–1785, 1787	—	—	X	—
139	William Hooper	North Carolina	1774–1777	X	X	—	—
140	Stephen Hopkins	Rhode Island	1774–1776	X	X	—	—
141	Francis Hopkinson	New Jersey	1776	—	X	—	—
142	Josiah Hornblower	New Jersey	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
143	Titus Hosmer	Connecticut	1778	—	—	X	—
144	William Houston	New Jersey	1779–1781, 1784–1785	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
145	John Houstoun	Georgia	1775	—	—	—	—
146	William Houstoun	Georgia	1784–1786	—	—	—	—
147	John Eager Howard	Maryland	1788	—	—	—	—
148	David Howell	Rhode Island	1782–1785	—	—	—	—
149	Richard Howly	Georgia	1780–1781	—	—	—	—
150	Daniel Huger	South Carolina	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
151	Charles Humphreys	Pennsylvania	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
152	Benjamin Huntington	Connecticut	1780, 1782–1783, 1788	—	—	—	—
153	Samuel Huntington	Connecticut	1776, 1778–1781, 1783	—	X	X	—
154	Richard Hutson	South Carolina	1778–1779	—	—	X	—
155	Jared Ingersoll	Pennsylvania	1780	—	—	—	X
156	William Irvine	Pennsylvania	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
157	Ralph Izard	South Carolina	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
158	David Jackson	Pennsylvania	1785	—	—	—	—
159	Jonathan Jackson	Massachusetts	1782	—	—	—	—
160	John Jay	New York	1774–1776, 1778–1779	X	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
161	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia	1775–1776, 1783–1784	—	X	—	—
162	Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer	Maryland	1779–1781	—	—	—	X
163	Thomas Johnson	Maryland	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
164	William Samuel Johnson	Connecticut	1785–1787	—	—	—	X
165	Samuel Johnston	North Carolina	1780–1781	—	—	—	—
166	Allen Jones	North Carolina	1779–1780	—	—	—	—
167	Joseph Jones	Virginia	1777, 1780–1783	—	—	—	—
168	Noble Wimberly Jones	Georgia	1781–1782 ^[10]	—	—	—	—
169	Willie Jones	North Carolina	1780–1781^[3]	—	—	—	—
170	John Kean	South Carolina	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
171	Dyre Kearney	Delaware	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
172	Rufus King	Massachusetts	1784–1787	—	—	—	X
173	Francis Kinloch	South Carolina	1780	—	—	—	—
174	James Kinsey	New Jersey	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
175	John Langdon	New Hampshire	1775–1776, 1783–1784 ^[3]	—	—	—	X
176	Woodbury Langdon	New Hampshire	1779	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
177	Edward Langworthy	Georgia	1777–1779	—	—	X	—
178	John Lansing Jr.	New York	1785	—	—	—	—
179	John Laurance	New York	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
180	Henry Laurens	South Carolina	1777–1780	—	—	X	—
181	Richard Law	Connecticut	1777, 1781–1782 ^[11]	—	—	—	—
182	Arthur Lee	Virginia	1782–1784	—	—	—	—
183	Francis Lightfoot Lee	Virginia	1775–1779	—	X	X	—
184	Henry Lee	Virginia	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
185	Richard Henry Lee	Virginia	1774–1779, 1784–1785, 1787	X	X	X	—
186	Thomas Sim Lee	Maryland	1783	—	—	—	—
187	Francis Lewis	New York	1775–1779	—	X	X	—
188	Ezra L'Hommedieu	New York	1779–1783, 1788	—	—	—	—
189	Samuel Livermore	New Hampshire	1780–1782, 1785–1786	—	—	—	—
190	Philip Livingston	New York	1774–1778^[3]	X	X	—	—
191	Robert R. Livingston	New York	1775–1776, 1779–1780, 1784	—	—	—	—
192	Walter Livingston	New York	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
193	William Livingston	New Jersey	1774–1776	X	—	—	X
194	Edward Lloyd	Maryland	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
195	Pierse Long	New Hampshire	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
196	James Lovell	Massachusetts	1777–1782	—	—	X	—
197	Isaac Low	New York	1774	X	—	—	—
198	John Lowell	Massachusetts	1782	—	—	—	—
199	Thomas Lynch	South Carolina	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
200	Thomas Lynch Jr.	South Carolina	1775–1776	—	X	—	—
201	James Madison	Virginia	1780–1783, 1787–1788	—	—	X	X
202	James Manning	Rhode Island	1786	—	—	—	—
203	Henry Marchant	Rhode Island	1777–1779	—	—	X	—
204	John Mathews	South Carolina	1778–1781	—	—	X	—
205	Timothy Matlack	Pennsylvania	1780	—	—	—	—
206	Eleazer McComb	Delaware	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
207	Alexander McDougall	New York	1781	—	—	—	—
208	James McHenry	Maryland	1783–1785	—	—	—	X
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
209	Thomas McKean	Delaware	1774–1776, 1778–1782	X	X	X	—
210	James McLene	Pennsylvania	1779–1780	—	—	—	—
211	James Mercer	Virginia	1779	—	—	—	—
212	John Francis Mercer	Virginia	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
213	Samuel Meredith	Pennsylvania	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
214	Arthur Middleton	South Carolina	1776–1777, 1781–1782	—	X	—	—
215	Henry Middleton	South Carolina	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
216	Thomas Mifflin	Pennsylvania	1774–1775, 1782–1784	X	—	—	X
217	Nathan Miller	Rhode Island	1786	—	—	—	—
218	Nathaniel Mitchell	Delaware	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
219	Stephen Mix Mitchell	Connecticut	1785–1788	—	—	—	—
220	James Monroe	Virginia	1783–1786	—	—	—	—
221	John Montgomery	Pennsylvania	1782–1784	—	—	—	—
222	Joseph Montgomery	Pennsylvania	1780–1782	—	—	—	—
223	Cadwalader Morris	Pennsylvania	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
224	Gouverneur Morris	New York	1778–1779	—	—	X	X
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
225	Lewis Morris	New York	1775–1777	—	X	—	—
226	Robert Morris	Pennsylvania	1775–1778	—	X	X	X
227	John Morton	Pennsylvania	1774–1776	X	X	—	—
228	Isaac Motte	South Carolina	1780–1782	—	—	—	—
229	Daniel Mowry Jr.	Rhode Island	1780–1782	—	—	—	—
230	Frederick Muhlenberg	Pennsylvania	1779–1780	—	—	—	—
231	Abner Nash	North Carolina	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
232	Thomas Nelson Jr.	Virginia	1775–1777, 1779	—	X	—	—
233	Samuel Osgood	Massachusetts	1781–1784	—	—	—	—
234	Samuel Allyne Otis	Massachusetts	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
235	William Paca	Maryland	1774–1779	X	X	—	—
236	Mann Page	Virginia	1777	—	—	—	—
237	Ephraim Paine	New York	1784	—	—	—	—
238	Robert Treat Paine	Massachusetts	1774–1776	X	X	—	—
239	John Parker	South Carolina	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
240	George Partridge	Massachusetts	1779–1785	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
241	John Patten	Delaware	1786	—	—	—	—
242	Nathaniel Peabody	New Hampshire	1779–1780 ^[12]	—	—	—	—
243	William Peery	Delaware	1786	—	—	—	—
244	Philip Pell	New York	1789	—	—	—	—
245	Edmund Pendleton	Virginia	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
246	John Penn	North Carolina	1775–1780	—	X	X	—
247	Richard Peters Jr.	Pennsylvania	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
248	Charles Pettit	Pennsylvania	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
249	William Pierce	Georgia	1787	—	—	—	—
250	Charles Pinckney	South Carolina	1784–1787^[3]	—	—	—	X
251	George Plater	Maryland	1778–1780	—	—	—	—
252	Zephaniah Platt	New York	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
253	Richard Potts	Maryland	1781	—	—	—	—
254	David Ramsay	South Carolina	1782–1783, 1785–1786	—	—	—	—
255	Nathaniel Ramsey	Maryland	1786–1787	—	—	—	—
256	Edmund Randolph	Virginia	1779, 1781–1782	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
257	Peyton Randolph	Virginia	1774–1775	X	—	—	—
258	George Read	Delaware	1774–1777	X	X	—	X
259	Jacob Read	South Carolina	1783–1785	—	—	—	—
260	Joseph Reed	Pennsylvania	1778	—	—	X	—
261	James Randolph Reid	Pennsylvania	1787–1789	—	—	—	—
262	Samuel Rhoads	Pennsylvania	1774	—	—	—	—
263	Daniel Roberdeau	Pennsylvania	1777–1779	—	—	X	—
264	Caesar Rodney	Delaware	1774–1776	X	X	—	—
265	Thomas Rodney	Delaware	1781–1782, 1786	—	—	—	—
266	John Rogers	Maryland	1775–1776	—	—	—	—
267	Jesse Root	Connecticut	1778–1782	—	—	—	—
268	David Ross	Maryland	1787–1789	—	—	—	—
269	George Ross	Pennsylvania	1774–1777	X	X	—	—
270	Benjamin Rumsey	Maryland	1776–1777	—	—	—	—
271	Benjamin Rush	Pennsylvania	1776–1777	—	X	—	—
272	Edward Rutledge	South Carolina	1774–1776	X	X	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
273	John Rutledge	South Carolina	1774–1775, 1782–1783	X	—	—	X
274	James Schureman	New Jersey	1786–1787	—	—	—	—
275	Philip Schuyler	New York	1775, 1777, 1779–1780	—	—	—	—
276	John Morin Scott	New York	1780–1783^[3]	—	—	—	—
277	Nathaniel Scudder	New Jersey	1778–1779	—	—	X	—
278	James Searle	Pennsylvania	1778–1780	—	—	—	—
279	Theodore Sedgwick	Massachusetts	1785–1786, 1788	—	—	—	—
280	Joshua Seney	Maryland	1788	—	—	—	—
281	Jonathan Sergeant	New Jersey	1776–1777	—	—	—	—
282	William Sharpe	North Carolina	1779–1781	—	—	—	—
283	Roger Sherman	Connecticut	1774–1781, 1784	X	X	X	X
284	William Shippen	Pennsylvania	1779–1780	—	—	—	—
285	John Sitgreaves	North Carolina	1785	—	—	—	—
286	James Smith	Pennsylvania	1776–1778	—	X	—	—
287	Jonathan Bayard Smith	Pennsylvania	1777–1778	—	—	X	—
288	Melancton Smith	New York	1785–1787	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
289	Meriwether Smith	Virginia	1778, 1780–1781^[13]	—	—	—	—
290	Richard Smith	New Jersey	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
291	Thomas Smith	Pennsylvania	1781–1782	—	—	—	—
292	William Smith	Maryland	1777	—	—	—	—
293	Richard Dobbs Spaight	North Carolina	1783–1785	—	—	—	X
294	Joseph Spencer	Connecticut	1779	—	—	—	—
295	Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	1786–1787	—	—	—	—
296	John Stevens	New Jersey	1784	—	—	—	—
297	Charles Stewart	New Jersey	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
298	Richard Stockton	New Jersey	1776	—	X	—	—
299	Thomas Stone	Maryland	1775–1776, 1778, 1784	—	X	—	—
300	Jonathan Sturges	Connecticut	1786	—	—	—	—
301	John Sullivan	New Hampshire	1774–1775, 1780–1781	X	—	—	—
302	John Swann	North Carolina	1788	—	—	—	—
303	James Sykes	Delaware	1777	—	—	—	—
304	John Cleves Symmes	New Jersey	1785–1786	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
305	George Taylor	Pennsylvania	1776	—	X	—	—
306	Edward Telfair	Georgia	1778, 1780–1782	—	—	X	—
307	George Thatcher	Massachusetts	1787–1789	—	—	—	—
308	Matthew Thornton	New Hampshire	1776–1777	—	X	—	—
309	Matthew Tilghman	Maryland	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
310	James Tilton	Delaware	1783–1784	—	—	—	—
311	Thomas Tudor Tucker	South Carolina	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
312	Nicholas Van Dyke	Delaware	1777–1781	—	—	X	—
313	James Mitchell Varnum	Rhode Island	1780–1781, 1787	—	—	—	—
314	John M. Vining	Delaware	1784–1785	—	—	—	—
315	James Wadsworth	Connecticut	1784	—	—	—	—
316	Jeremiah Wadsworth	Connecticut	1788	—	—	—	—
317	John Walker	Virginia	1780	—	—	—	—
318	George Walton	Georgia	1776–1777, 1780–1781	—	X	X	—
319	John Walton	Georgia	1778	—	—	—	—
320	Artemas Ward	Massachusetts	1780–1781	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution
321	Samuel Ward	Rhode Island	1774–1776	X	—	—	—
322	George Washington	Virginia	1774–1775	X	—	—	X
323	John Wentworth Jr.	New Hampshire	1778	—	—	X	—
324	Samuel Wharton	Delaware	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
325	William Whipple	New Hampshire	1776–1779	—	X	—	—
326	James White	North Carolina	1786–1788	—	—	—	—
327	Phillips White	New Hampshire	1782–1783	—	—	—	—
328	John Williams	North Carolina	1778–1779	—	—	X	—
329	William Williams	Connecticut	1776–1777	—	X	—	—
330	Hugh Williamson	North Carolina	1782–1785, 1787–1789^[3]	—	—	—	X
331	Thomas Willing	Pennsylvania	1775–1776	—	—	—	—
332	James Wilson	Pennsylvania	1775–1777, 1783, 1785–1786	—	X	—	X
333	Paine Wingate	New Hampshire	1788	—	—	—	—
334	Henry Wisner	New York	1774–1776^[3]	X	—	—	—
335	John Witherspoon	New Jersey	1776–1782	—	X	X	—
336	Oliver Wolcott	Connecticut	1776–1778, 1780–1783	—	X	X	—
337	Joseph Wood	Georgia	1777–1778	—	—	—	—
338	Turbutt Wright	Maryland	1782	—	—	—	—
339	Henry Wynkoop	Pennsylvania	1779–1782	—	—	—	—
340	George Wythe	Virginia	1775–1776	—	X	—	—
341	Abraham Yates	New York	1787–1788	—	—	—	—
342	Peter W. Yates	New York	1786	—	—	—	—
343	John Joachim Zubly	Georgia	1775	—	—	—	—
	Name	State	Years attended	Association	Declaration	Confederation	Constitution

Elected but did not attend

This table shows those who were elected as delegates to the Continental Congress but never attended a session. All data is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

#	Name	State	Years elected
1	Benjamin Andrew	Georgia	1780
2	Samuel Ashley	New Hampshire	1779
3	George Atkinson	New Hampshire	1780, 1785
4	John Barnwell	South Carolina	1784
5	Gunning Bedford Sr.	Delaware	1786
6	Benjamin Bellows	New Hampshire	1781
7	John Blair, Jr.	Virginia	1781
8	James Bowdoin	Massachusetts	1774
9	William Bradford	Rhode Island	1776
10	Ephraim Brevard	North Carolina	1781
11	John Brown	Rhode Island	1784, 1785
12	John Canfield	Connecticut	1786
13	George Champlin	Rhode Island	1785, 1786
14	Charles C. Chandler	Connecticut	1784
15	John Chester	Connecticut	1787, 1788
16	Matthew Clarkson	Pennsylvania	1785
17	Joseph Clay	Georgia	1778
18	John Cooper	New Jersey	1776
19	Tristram Dalton	Massachusetts	1783, 1784
20	Timothy Danielson	Massachusetts	1780, 1782, 1783
21	Elias Dayton	New Jersey	1778
22	Moses Dow	New Hampshire	1784
23	Samuel Duffield	Pennsylvania	1777
24	Timothy Edwards	Massachusetts	1778
25	Samuel Elbert	Georgia	1784
26	John Evans	Delaware	1776
27	Sylvester Gardner	Rhode Island	1787
28	Edward Giles	Maryland	1782
29	Alexander Gillon	South Carolina	1784
30	Isaac Grantham	Delaware	1787
31	James Gunn	Georgia	1787
32	Joseph Habersham	Georgia	1784
33	John Hathorn	New York	1788^[14]
34	Thomas Henderson	New Jersey	1779
35	James Hillhouse	Connecticut	1786, 1788
36	William Hillhouse	Connecticut	1783, 1785
37	Thomas Holden	Rhode Island	1788, 1789
38	Charles Johnson	North Carolina	1781, 1784, 1785
39	Gabriel Jones	Virginia	1779
40	Samuel Jones	New York	1788
41	Henry Latimer	Delaware	1784
42	Levi Lincoln	Massachusetts	1781
43	Rawlins Lowndes	South Carolina	1779
44	Nathaniel Macon	North Carolina	1785
45	Daniel Manton	Rhode Island	1787
46	Alexander Martin	North Carolina	1786
47	Luther Martin	Virginia	1784
48	George Mason	Virginia	1777
49	Joseph McDowell	North Carolina	1787
50	Lachlan McIntosh	Georgia	1784
51	John McKinly	Delaware	1784
52	William Montgomery	Pennsylvania	1784
53	William Moore	Pennsylvania	1777
54	William Moultrie	South Carolina	1784
55	Paul Mumford	Rhode Island	1785
56	John Neilson	New Jersey	1778^[15]
57	Joseph Nicholson	Maryland	1777
58	William O'Bryen	Georgia	1789
59	Adlai Osborne	North Carolina	1784
60	Henry Osborne	Georgia	1786
61	William Paterson	New Jersey	1780, 1787
62	Samuel Patterson	Delaware	1784
63	Elisha Payne	New Hampshire	1784
64	Nathaniel Pendleton	Georgia	1789
65	Thomas Person	North Carolina	1784
66	Peter Philips	Rhode Island	1785
67	John Pickering	New Hampshire	1787
68	William Pitkin	Connecticut	1784
69	Thomas Polk	North Carolina	1786
70	Richard Ridgely	Maryland	1784, 1785
71	Gustavus Scott	Maryland	1784
72	William Smallwood	Maryland	1784
73	Benjamin Smith	North Carolina	1784
74	John Sparhawk	New Hampshire	1786
75	Samuel Stirk	Georgia	1781
76	John Stokes	North Carolina	1787
77	Caleb Strong	Massachusetts	1780
78	Jedediah Strong	Connecticut	1782, 1784, 1784
79	James Sullivan	Massachusetts	1782, 1783
80	Thomas Sumter	South Carolina	1783
81	Ebenezer Thompson	New Hampshire	1778, 1783
82	John Treadwell	Connecticut	1784, 1785, 1787
83	Paul Trapier	South Carolina	1777
84	Joseph Trumbull	Connecticut	1774
85	Timothy Walker Jr.	New Hampshire	1777, 1778, 1782, 1785
86	James Warren	Massachusetts	1782
87	Joshua Wentworth	New York	1779
88	Benjamin West	New Hampshire	1787
89	Stephen West	Virginia	1780
90	Erastus Wolcott	North Carolina	1774, 1787, 1788

Notes

↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 40–44.
↑ Burnett, Continental Congress, 32.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dates as given in this subject's entry in the American National Biography.
↑ Selected to the first Congress but did not serve; Purcell 38
↑ The Biographical Directory just lists 1784, but according to Purcell, Blanchard also served in 1787.
↑ Turned down appointment to First Congress; Purcell
↑ Dates as given in this subject's entry in the Dictionary of American Biography.
↑ The Biographical Directory says that he served until 1776, but according to the Journal, he resigned in November 1775.
↑ The Biographical Directory lists only the 1779 term, but the Dictionary of American Biography states that Frelinghuysen was elected to another term in 1783.
↑ Was first elected as a delegate in 1775, but did not attend; ANB.
↑ Also appointed in 1774, but unable to attend due to ill health; ANB
↑ Reappointed in 1785 but did not attend; Purcell.
↑ Also elected in 1779 but declined to serve; ANB.
↑ Elected in 1788, but new government went into effect before he took his seat. Was elected to 1st US Congress. (Purcell)
↑ Did not attend because he was in the field with the militia.

References

American National Biography.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington D. C., 1989.
Burnett, Edward Cody. The Continental Congress. New York: Norton, 1941.
Dictionary of American Biography.
Purcell, L. Edward. Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8160-2107-9.

External links

List of delegates from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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[1] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 40–44.

[2] Burnett, Continental Congress, 32.

[ANB-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dates as given in this subject's entry in the American National Biography.

[4] Selected to the first Congress but did not serve; Purcell 38

[5] The Biographical Directory just lists 1784, but according to Purcell, Blanchard also served in 1787.

[6] Turned down appointment to First Congress; Purcell

[DAB-7] Dates as given in this subject's entry in the Dictionary of American Biography.

[8] The Biographical Directory says that he served until 1776, but according to the Journal, he resigned in November 1775.

[9] The Biographical Directory lists only the 1779 term, but the Dictionary of American Biography states that Frelinghuysen was elected to another term in 1783.

[10] Was first elected as a delegate in 1775, but did not attend; ANB.

[11] Also appointed in 1774, but unable to attend due to ill health; ANB

[12] Reappointed in 1785 but did not attend; Purcell.

[13] Also elected in 1779 but declined to serve; ANB.

[14] Elected in 1788, but new government went into effect before he took his seat. Was elected to 1st US Congress. (Purcell)

[15] Did not attend because he was in the field with the militia.

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