The men who helped develop and signed the United States Constitution are considered to be America's founding fathers. They helped to establish the principals and government that continues to exist today. America's founding fathers ranged in age from 26 years old up to 81 years old. Ben Franklin was 81 at the time that he signed the Constitution. 39 delegates signed the Constitution but 55 participated in its development.
The list is extensive and includes: George Read, Gunning Bedford, Jr., John Dickenson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom, William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, Oliver Elisworth, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, William Houston, William Pierce, James Mc Henry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Caroll, Luther Martin, John F. Mercer, Nathieniel Gorham, Rufus King, Elbridge Gerry, Caleb Strong, John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman, William Livingston, David Brearly, William Paterson (Patterson), Jonathan Dayton, William Blount, Richard. Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson, William R. Davie, Alexander Martin,C. Houston, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons (FitzSimons; Fitzsimmons), Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Governor Morris, John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Blair, James Madison Jr., George Washington, George Mason, James McClurg, Edmund J. Randolph, George Wythe, and Benjamin Franklin.
The Delegates most often recognized in text books as the founding fathers include: James Madison Jr., George Washington, George Mason, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson, Monroe, and Adams.
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