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 | |
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John Archer | Harford County | |
Richard Barnes | St. Mary's County | |
William Bayly Jr. | Frederick County | |
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 | |
Jonathan Willson | Frederick County | |
Henry Wilson Jr. | Harford County | |
Thomas Sprigg Wootton | Frederick County | |
Brice T. B. Worthington | Anne Arundel County | |
Solomon Wright | Queen Anne's County | |
Turbutt Wright | Queen Anne's County |