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]

NameCounty
represented
John Archer Harford County
Richard Barnes St. Mary's County
William Bayly Jr. Frederick County [a]
Samuel BeallFrederick County
Smith Bishop Worcester County
Jacob BondHarford 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 ChailleWorcester 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 EdelenFrederick County
Pollard EdmondsonTalbot County
John Ennalls Dorchester County
Joseph EnnallsDorchester County
Patrick EwingCecil County
Ignatius FenwickSt. Mary's County
Adam FischerFrederick County
William Fitzhugh Calvert County
John GibsonTalbot County
Joseph GilpinCecil County
Robert Goldsborough Dorchester County
Charles GrahameCalvert County
Benjamin HallPrince George's County
John Hall Anne Arundel County
Samuel HandyWorcester County
Rezin Hammond Anne Arundel County
Robert Townshend Hooe Charles County
William Horsey Somerset County
Samuel HughesFrederick County
Thomas Johnson Caroline County
Jeremiah JordanSt. Mary's County
James KentQueen Anne's County
Thomas Sim Lee Prince George's County
John LoveHarford County
Henry LowesSomerset County
Benjamin Mackall IV Calvert County
John MacKallCalvert County
Luke MarburyPrince George's County
Richard MasonCaroline County
Josiah E. MitchellWorcester County
James MurrayDorchester County
William Paca Annapolis
John ParnhamCharles County
George Plater St. Mary's County
Nathaniel PotterCaroline County
John Purnell RobinsWorcester County
William RichardsonCaroline County
Charles Ridgely Baltimore County
Thomas Ringgold VKent County
William RinggoldKent County
Henry SchnebeleyFrederick County
George ScottSomerset County
Gustavus Scott Somerset County
Thomas SemmensCharles County
Peter ShepherdBaltimore County
Upton Sheredine Frederick County
David Shriver Frederick County
David SmithCecil County
John SmithBaltimore Town
Thomas SmythKent County
John Stevenson Baltimore County
Osborn SpriggPrince George's County
John StullFrederick County
Matthew Tilghman, ChairmanTalbot County
Elisha Williams Frederick County [a]
Jonathan WillsonFrederick County [a]
Henry Wilson Jr.Harford County
Thomas Sprigg Wootton Frederick County [a]
Brice T. B. WorthingtonAnne Arundel County
Solomon WrightQueen Anne's County
Turbutt Wright Queen Anne's County

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Montgomery County was formed from part of Frederick County on October 1, 1776. Bayly, Williams, Willson, and Wootten represented Montgomery County after its formation. [2]

References

  1. 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.