who signed the declaration of independence?

Answer 1

The list of 56 signers posted by kidd is found here:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/index.htm

Note that each of the names on that page is linked to a biography of that signer.
For further notes on these men, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Signers_of_the_Declaration

There are, unfortunately, some interesting people who are left out by this reckoning.

For instance, there was one individual who signed the Declaration who is never placed in these lists. In fact, he was the only person who, along with John Hancock, signed the draft on July 4. That was Charles Thompson. (The rest in the list signed the "engrossed" copy when it was returned from the printer -- most signed it on August 2; a few not present at that time did so some months later.) The reason that he is not listed among the 56 official signers is that he did not sign the document in the role of delegate/representative. Rather, as Secretary of the Continental Congress (through its entirety! that is, until the Constitution was ratified (1774-1789)) , he signed in attestation of Hancock's signature. Given his dedication to the cause (he also, incidentally, helped to design the Great Seal of the United States), this seems a mite unfair.

Also note that some of the signatures were by members who joined Congress AFTER the vote for Independence and for the Declaration. This also meant that members who were there for these votes but no longer members at the time of the signing (since the states periodically sent new representatives). This may explain the mistaken notion that several in the Congress who opposed the measure REFUSED to sign it . The Declaration was passed "unanimously" in the sense that each state delegation --not necessarily every member of each delegation-- voted for it. Thus, individuals who had voted against the Declaration, or more importantly, the July 2 resolution TO declare independence, still signed the document.

Of special interest is, I believe, the only delegate who refused to sign. This was John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, who refused to even vote on the matter, and ended up leaving Congress. (He did, however, continue to serve his nation in many ways, later writing forcefully in support of the Constitution. (He had, in fact, written the first draft of the Articles of Confederation for the new country he was not in favor of establishing! )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Distribution_and_copies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickinson_%28delegate%29#Continental_Congress

Answer 2

Delaware • George Read • Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean

Pennsylvania • George Clymer • Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Morris • John Morton
• Benjamin Rush • George Ross
• James Smith • James Wilson
• George Taylor

Massachusetts • John Adams • Samuel Adams
• John Hancock • Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire • Josiah Bartlett • William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island • Stephen Hopkins • William Ellery

New York • Lewis Morris • Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis • William Floyd

Georgia • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall
• George Walton

Virginia • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton • Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Jefferson • George Wythe
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.

North Carolina • William Hooper • John Penn
• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina • Edward Rutledge • Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr. • Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey • Abraham Clark • John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson • Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon

Connecticut • Samuel Huntington • Roger Sherman
• William Williams • Oliver Wolcott

Maryland • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone • William Paca

Answer 3

Everyone except the guy that wrote it, Thomas Jefferson, he was a weed smoker. Why didn't he sign? Maybe he knew it was a joke petition and it wouldn't mean much in the future....Like now-a-days! "The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness......And that all men are created equal...", unless your from the Middle East or a "Dark" country!! RIGHT GEORGE W?!!

Answer 4

Not me. I swear I did not sign it.

Answer 5

DEFINITELY WE R NOT THOSE MEMBERS.

Answer 6

no..