There were 56 delegates at the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Constitution Center. These men are listed among the nation's ...

The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old. Only a handful signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; they include: Benjamin Franklin, George Read, Roger Sherman ...

Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, historians list as many as 9 as “farmers”. The National Archives, however, lists only one with that occupation – John Morton of ...