Who were the four most important Founding Fathers?

Answer 1

Answer (1): George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. Answer (2): George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John JayFounding Fathers(1) All the delegates to the Constitutional Convention can be considered the Founding Fathers of the United States. There were 55 who attended the convention. Some are better known than others, like Hamilton, Washington, and Madison. The National Archives site linked to the right has a listing by state of all the Founding Fathers and a biography of each.

Some would say that the four most significant Founding Fathers are George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. This could easily be contested based on your evaluation of the contributions of each man. Others such as Alexander Hamilton and John Adams would be high on any list.

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(2) Our Founding of the American Revolution came in two phases: the war & the peace. Of the Founding Fathers only Washington and Hamilton fought, both for over 4 years. Then came the revolution of a government system and an economic/financial system. Washington presided and often had to choose between conflicting options and he chose well. Madison, Hamilton, and Jay on Government Systems. Alexander Hamilton alone on Economic/Financial Systems. Therefore, Washington (1), Hamilton (2), Madison (3), and Jay (4). Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin played key roles in their states and were diplomats but they did not fight in the war for independence or create the national foundations.