Five Guys Named William, Four Guys Named John, Three Guys Named George and James…

Last year I put this together: “Six guys named George, John, Thomas, William, and…” (The names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence). Here’s a list of the names of the men who signed the Constitution (click here for the full list of Constitutional Convention attendees).

5

William Samuel Johnson

William Few

William Livingston

William Paterson (Patterson)

William Blount

 

4

John Rutledge

John Blair

John Langdon

John Dickinson

 

3

George Read

George Washington

George Clymer

 

James Wilson

James Madison Jr.

James McHenry

 

2

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Pinckney

 

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

Daniel Carroll

 

Richard Bassett

Richard Dobbs Spaight

 

Thomas Mifflin

Thomas Fitzsimons (FitzSimons; Fitzsimmons)

 

1

Abraham Baldwin

Alexander Hamilton

Benjamin Franklin

David Brearly (Brearley)

Gunning Bedford, Jr.

Hugh Williamson

Jacob Broom

Jared Ingersoll

Jonathan Dayton

Nathaniel Gorham

Nicholas Gilman

Pierce Butler

Robert Morris

Roger Sherman

Rufus King

Gouverneur Morris