56 people signed the Declaration. Check the link for a full list of signers.
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There were 56 signers of the declaration of independece.
John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was president of the Continental Congress.He used large bold script and signed under the text in the center of the page. He said the reason he signed it large was, "So fat George can read it without his spectacles." This is why, to this day, when you sign something it is called putting your John Hancock on it.What many people don't know is that there were two versions of the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock signed the first one on July 4, 1776. No other delegates signed that version.John Hancock signed the second version on approximately August 22, 1776. This is the version that most of the other delegates signed.
July 4, 1776. However, many historians believe the true date was August 2, 1776.
in all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan ...
The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 men. This document which was adopted by Congress in 1776 was signed by representatives of all 13 colonies, the first of whom to sign was John Adams.