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Mike Humphrey
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Hi, guys —
I was talking to my cousin Justin about the founding fathers of the United States, especially those who signed the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution.
Because of the anti-Christian culture in America, I was hoping you could clear up for us, what faith they adhered to and dispel rumors I've heard about some of them.
I told him I thought they were Protestant Puritans (Christians) but I wasn't sure.
- By some long shot, were any of these guys Catholic?
Mike
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What faith did the those who signed the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence have? }
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Mary Ann replied:
Hi, Mike —
I can say that at least two of them, if not more, were Catholics:
The Carroll's of Carrollton, one a priest and Archbishop and, the other, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Mary Ann
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John replied:
Hi, Mike —
Most of them were some kind of Protestant denomination, some of them were Deists and there were a couple of Catholics.
The revisionists like to play up the fact that a couple of the big names like Jefferson and Franklin were Deists or had Deist inclinations.
What they don't tell you is that Franklin sponsored the Preaching Tours of Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening, which was a great Evangelical Revival where many lukewarm Protestants had radical conversions to Christ.
John |
Mike replied:
Thanks guys —
I took the time and did some research on the issues. Here are the results. Use the (Top) just to the right of each section description to come back to the top of the page.
39 Signers of the United States Constitution.
56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Percentage of Religious Affiliation
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for both Signers of the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence.)
Sources:
39 Signers of the United States Constitution in alphabetical order, by last name.
By Last Name (Top)
Abraham Baldwin |
Congregationalist |
Richard Bassett |
Methodist |
Gunning Bedford, Jr. |
Presbyterian |
John Blair |
Episcopalian |
William Blount |
Presbyterian |
David Brearly |
Episcopalian |
Jacob Broom |
Lutheran |
Pierce Butler |
Episcopalian |
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Daniel Carroll |
Roman Catholic |
George Clymer |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
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Jonathan Dayton |
Episcopalian |
John Dickinson |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
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William Few |
Methodist |
Thomas Fitzsimons |
Roman Catholic |
Benjamin Franklin |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
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Nicholas Gilman |
Congregationalist |
Nathaniel Gorham |
Congregationalist |
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Alexander Hamilton |
Episcopalian |
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Jared Ingersoll |
Presbyterian |
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Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer |
Episcopalian |
William S. Johnson |
Episcopalian |
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Rufus King |
Episcopalian |
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John Langdon |
Congregationalist |
William Livingston |
Presbyterian |
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James Madison |
Episcopalian |
James McHenry |
Presbyterian |
Thomas Mifflin |
Quaker/Lutheran |
Gouverneur Morris |
Episcopalian |
Robert Morris |
Episcopalian |
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William Paterson |
Presbyterian |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Episcopalian |
Charles Pinckney |
Episcopalian |
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George Read |
Episcopalian |
John Rutledge |
Episcopalian |
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Roger Sherman |
Congregationalist |
Richard D. Spaight |
Episcopalian |
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George Washington |
Episcopalian |
Hugh Williamson |
Presbyterian/Deist |
James Wilson |
Episcopalian/Deist |
By Religion/Faith (Top)
Abraham Baldwin |
Congregationalist |
Nicholas Gilman |
Nathaniel Gorham |
John Langdon |
Roger Sherman |
John Blair |
Episcopalian |
David Brearly |
Pierce Butler |
Jonathan Dayton |
Alexander Hamilton |
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer |
William S. Johnson |
Rufus King |
James Madison |
Gouverneur Morris |
Robert Morris |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Charles Pinckney |
George Read |
John Rutledge |
Richard D. Spaight |
George Washington |
Benjamin Franklin |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
James Wilson |
Jacob Broom |
Lutheran |
Richard Bassett |
Methodist |
William Few |
Gunning Bedford, Jr. |
Presbyterian |
William Blount |
Jared Ingersoll |
William Livingston |
James McHenry |
William Paterson |
Hugh Williamson |
Presbyterian/Deist |
George Clymer |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
John Dickinson |
Thomas Mifflin |
Quaker/Lutheran |
Daniel Carroll |
Roman Catholic |
Thomas Fitzsimons |
56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence in alphabetical order, by last name.
By Last Name (Top)
John Adams |
Unitarian |
Samuel Adams |
Congregationalist |
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Josiah Bartlett |
Congregationalist |
Carter Braxton |
Episcopalian |
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton |
Roman Catholic |
Samuel Chase |
Episcopalian |
Abraham Clark |
Presbyterian |
George Clymer |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
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William Ellery |
Congregationalist |
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William Floyd |
Presbyterian |
Benjamin Franklin |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
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Elbridge Gerry |
Episcopalian |
Button Gwinnett |
Episcopalian |
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Lyman Hall |
Congregationalist |
John Hancock |
Congregationalist |
Benjamin Harrison |
Unknown |
John Hart |
Presbyterian |
Joseph Hewes |
Episcopalian |
Thomas Heyward Jr. |
Unknown |
William Hooper |
Episcopalian |
Stephen Hopkins |
Unknown |
Francis Hopkinson |
Episcopalian |
Samuel Huntington |
Congregationalist |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
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Francis Lightfoot Lee |
Unknown |
Richard Henry Lee |
Unknown |
Francis Lewis |
Unknown |
Philip Livingston |
Presbyterian |
Thomas Lynch Jr. |
Unknown |
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Thomas McKean |
Presbyterian |
Arthur Middleton |
Unknown |
Lewis Morris |
Unknown |
Robert Morris |
Episcopalian |
John Morton |
Unknown |
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Thomas Nelson Jr. |
Unknown |
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William Paca |
Episcopalian |
Robert Treat Paine |
Congregationalist |
John Penn |
Unknown |
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George Read |
Episcopalian |
Caesar Rodney |
Episcopalian |
George Ross |
Unknown |
Benjamin Rush |
Presbyterian |
Edward Rutledge |
Anglican |
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Roger Sherman |
Congregationalist |
James Smith |
Presbyterian |
Richard Stockton |
Presbyterian |
Thomas Stone |
Episcopalian |
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George Taylor |
Presbyterian |
Matthew Thornton |
Presbyterian |
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George Walton |
Anglican |
William Whipple |
Congregationalist |
William Williams |
Congregationalist |
James Wilson |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
John Witherspoon |
Presbyterian |
Oliver Wolcott |
Congregationalist |
George Wythe |
Episcopalian |
By Religion/Faith (Top)
Edward Rutledge |
Anglican |
George Walton |
Samuel Adams |
Congregationalist |
Josiah Bartlett |
William Ellery |
Lyman Hall |
John Hancock |
Samuel Huntington |
Robert Treat Paine |
Roger Sherman |
William Whipple |
William Williams |
Oliver Wolcott |
Elbridge Gerry |
Episcopalian |
Button Gwinnett |
Joseph Hewes |
William Hooper |
Francis Hopkinson |
Robert Morris |
William Paca |
George Read |
Caesar Rodney |
Thomas Stone |
George Wythe |
Carter Braxton |
Samuel Chase |
Benjamin Franklin |
Episcopalian (Deist) |
Thomas Jefferson |
James Wilson |
John Hart |
Presbyterian |
Philip Livingston |
Thomas McKean |
Benjamin Rush |
James Smith |
Richard Stockton |
George Taylor |
Matthew Thornton |
John Witherspoon |
Abraham Clark |
William Floyd |
George Clymer |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
Charles Carroll of Carrollton |
Roman Catholic |
John Adams |
Unitarian |
Benjamin Harrison |
Unknown |
Thomas Heyward Jr. |
Stephen Hopkins |
Francis Lightfoot Lee |
Richard Henry Lee |
Francis Lewis |
Thomas Lynch Jr. |
Arthur Middleton |
Lewis Morris |
John Morton |
Thomas Nelson Jr. |
John Penn |
George Ross |
Percentage of Religious Affiliation (Top)
(for both Signers of the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence.)
The table below makes it pretty clear that a majority of both the Signers of the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence were Christians; at least 86 percent!
Episcopalian |
32 % |
Presbyterian |
18 % |
Congregationalist |
17 % |
Unknown |
14 % |
Episcopalian or Presbyterian (Deist) |
5 % |
Quaker/Episcopalian |
3 % |
Roman Catholic |
3 % |
Anglican |
2 % |
Methodist |
2 % |
Lutheran |
1 % |
Unitarian |
1 % |
Quaker/Lutheran |
1 % |
Deist |
1 % |
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