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University of Pennsylvania Signers of the
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University of Pennsylvania Signers of the Declaration of Independence

1.Benjamin Franklin(Pa.)Founder; Trustee 1749-1790; had four alumni grandsons
2.James Wilson(Pa.)A.M. (hon.) 1766; LL.D. 1790; Faculty 1772; 1779; 1790-1798; Trustee 1779-1798; had alumnus son
3.Benjamin Rush(Pa.)Medical Student ca. 1766; Faculty 1769-1813; had two alumni sons
4.George Clymer(Pa.)Trustee 1779-1813; had Academy alumnus son
5.Robert Morris(Pa.)Trustee 1778-1791; had two alumni sons
6.Francis Hopkinson(N.J.)A.B. 1757; A.M. 1760; LL.D. 1790; Trustee 1778-1791; also Academy 1751-1754; had alumnus son
7.Thomas McKean(Del.)A.M. (hon.) 1763; LL.D. 1785; Trustee 1779-1817; President of Trustees; had alumnus son
8.William Paca(Md.)A.B. 1759; A.M. 1762; also Academy 1752-1756; had Academy alumnus son

Also:

  • Charles Thomson, not officially a Signer but a counter-signatory of the first printing in his role of Secretary of the Continental Congress, was a member of the Academy faculty 1750-1755 and LL.D. (hon.) 1784.
  • Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration, was grandfather of a student in the Medical School.

This list was prepared by former University Archivist Francis James Dallett (A.M. 1955)

University of Pennsylvania Signers of the Constitution

  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. George Washington
  3. James Wilson
  4. Thomas Mifflin
  5. George Clymer
  6. Thomas Fitzsimons
  7. Jared Ingersoll
  8. Rufus King
  9. Gouverneur Morris
  10. Robert Morris
  11. Hugh Williamson

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