Button Gwinnett was a delegate from Georgia to the Second Continental Congress, which debated and adopted the Declaration of Independence. He signed it, because the legislature in Georgia was in favor of declaring independence and he was authorized to sig it to show Georgia's agreement with the claim that America was free of British rule.
because he wanted ice cream
In order to sign the Declaration, a person had to be one of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress.
Abraham Lincoln did not sign The Declaration of Independence. It was signed in 1776 and the US Constitution was signed in 1787, before Lincoln was born (1809).
Thomas McKean
The phrase is actually "sign your John Hancock." and comes from the signing of the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock's signature is by far the largest signature on the document; he was also the first to sign the document.
When they wanted to sign the declaration of independence the only way the southern states would sign is if slavery was still legal
they were either john Hancock and button gwinnett or john Hancock and Benjamin Harrison.. don't quote me on it though...
Benjamin Franklin, was the oldest to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Yes, Stephen Hopkins did sign the Declaration of Independence.
No, Rufus King did not sign the Declaration of Independence. However, Rufus King of Massachusetts did sign the Constitution.
No woman signed the Declaration of Independence.
No, Thomas Edison did not sign the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson did though.
No John Jay did not sign the Declaration.
Yes, he did. It was the Constitution that he did NOT sign.
Richard Henry Lee did sign the declaration of independence. Along with Thomas Jefferson.
Yes, John Adams did sign the declaration of independence and he is also from Massachusetts
John Dickinson was hesitant in signing the Declaration of Independence. While others prepared to declare independence, Dickinson then refused to sign.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.