List of delegates to the Maryland Constitutional Convention (1776)
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The final session of the revolutionary Annapolis Convention in 1776 served as Maryland's first constitutional convention. They drafted a declaration of rights and a constitution for the state. This list of delegates reports the men who made up the convention, and the counties or towns they represented. Delegates were the following individuals.[1]
| Name | County represented |
|---|---|
| John Archer | Harford County |
| Richard Barnes | St. Mary's County |
| William Bayly Jr. | Frederick County[lower-alpha 1] |
| Samuel Beall | Frederick County |
| Smith Bishop | Worcester County |
| Jacob Bond | Harford County |
| Walter Bowie | Prince George's County |
| Benjamin Brevard | Cecil County |
| William Bruff | Queen Anne's County |
| Charles Carroll | Anne Arundel County |
| Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Annapolis |
| Peter Chaille | Worcester County |
| James Lloyd Chamberlaine | Talbot County |
| Jeremiah Townley Chase | Baltimore Town |
| Samuel Chase | Anne Arundel County |
| Thomas Cockey Deye | Baltimore County |
| John Dent | Charles County |
| Henry Dickinson | Caroline County |
| Joseph Earle | Kent County |
| Christopher Edelen | Frederick County |
| Pollard Edmondson | Talbot County |
| John Ennalls | Dorchester County |
| Joseph Ennalls | Dorchester County |
| Patrick Ewing | Cecil County |
| Ignatius Fenwick | St. Mary's County |
| Adam Fischer | Frederick County |
| William Fitzhugh | Calvert County |
| John Gibson | Talbot County |
| Joseph Gilpin | Cecil County |
| Robert Goldsborough | Dorchester County |
| Charles Grahame | Calvert County |
| Benjamin Hall | Prince George's County |
| John Hall | Anne Arundel County |
| Samuel Handy | Worcester County |
| Rezin Hammond | Anne Arundel County |
| Robert Townshend Hooe | Charles County |
| William Horsey | Somerset County |
| Samuel Hughes | Frederick County |
| Thomas Johnson | Caroline County |
| Jeremiah Jordan | St. Mary's County |
| James Kent | Queen Anne's County |
| Thomas Sim Lee | Prince George's County |
| John Love | Harford County |
| Henry Lowes | Somerset County |
| Benjamin Mackall IV | Calvert County |
| John MacKall | Calvert County |
| Luke Marbury | Prince George's County |
| Richard Mason | Caroline County |
| Josiah E. Mitchell | Worcester County |
| James Murray | Dorchester County |
| William Paca | Annapolis |
| John Parnham | Charles County |
| George Plater | St. Mary's County |
| Nathaniel Potter | Caroline County |
| John Purnell Robins | Worcester County |
| William Richardson | Caroline County |
| Charles Ridgely | Baltimore County |
| Thomas Ringgold | Kent County |
| William Ringgold | Kent County |
| Henry Schnebeley | Frederick County |
| George Scott | Somerset County |
| Gustavus Scott | Somerset County |
| Thomas Semmens | Charles County |
| Peter Shepherd | Baltimore County |
| Upton Sheredine | Frederick County |
| David Shriver | Frederick County |
| David Smith | Cecil County |
| John Smith | Baltimore Town |
| Thomas Smyth | Kent County |
| John Stevenson | Baltimore County |
| Osborn Sprigg | Prince George's County |
| John Stull | Frederick County |
| Matthew Tilghman, Chairman | Talbot County |
| Elisha Williams | Frederick County[lower-alpha 1] |
| Jonathan Willson | Frederick County[lower-alpha 1] |
| Henry Wilson Jr. | Harford County |
| Thomas Sprigg Wootton | Frederick County[lower-alpha 1] |
| Brice T. B. Worthington | Anne Arundel County |
| Solomon Wright | Queen Anne's County |
| Turbutt Wright | Queen Anne's County |
Notes
References
- ↑ *Historical List: Constitutional Convention, 1776". Archives of Maryland.
- ↑ Boyd, T.H.S. (1879). The History of Montgomery County, Maryland from Its Earliest Settlement in 1650 to 1879. Clarksburg, Maryland: Regional Publishing Company. p. 54. ISBN 0-8063-7954-5.