List of delegates to the Maryland Constitutional Convention (1776) explained

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 ArcherHarford County
Richard BarnesSt. Mary's County
William Bayly Jr.Frederick County
Samuel BeallFrederick County
Smith BishopWorcester County
Jacob BondHarford County
Walter BowiePrince George's County
Benjamin BrevardCecil County
William BruffQueen Anne's County
Charles CarrollAnne Arundel County
Charles Carroll of CarrolltonAnnapolis
Peter ChailleWorcester County
James Lloyd ChamberlaineTalbot County
Jeremiah Townley ChaseBaltimore Town
Samuel ChaseAnne Arundel County
Thomas Cockey DeyeBaltimore County
John DentCharles County
Henry DickinsonCaroline County
Joseph EarleKent County
Christopher EdelenFrederick County
Pollard EdmondsonTalbot County
John EnnallsDorchester County
Joseph EnnallsDorchester County
Patrick EwingCecil County
Ignatius FenwickSt. Mary's County
Adam FischerFrederick County
William FitzhughCalvert County
John GibsonTalbot County
Joseph GilpinCecil County
Robert GoldsboroughDorchester County
Charles GrahameCalvert County
Benjamin HallPrince George's County
John HallAnne Arundel County
Samuel HandyWorcester County
Rezin HammondAnne Arundel County
Robert Townshend HooeCharles County
William HorseySomerset County
Samuel HughesFrederick County
Thomas JohnsonCaroline County
Jeremiah JordanSt. Mary's County
James KentQueen Anne's County
Thomas Sim LeePrince George's County
John LoveHarford County
Henry LowesSomerset County
Benjamin Mackall IVCalvert County
John MacKallCalvert County
Luke MarburyPrince George's County
Richard MasonCaroline County
Josiah E. MitchellWorcester County
James MurrayDorchester County
William PacaAnnapolis
John ParnhamCharles County
George PlaterSt. Mary's County
Nathaniel PotterCaroline County
John Purnell RobinsWorcester County
William RichardsonCaroline County
Charles RidgelyBaltimore County
Thomas RinggoldKent County
William RinggoldKent County
Henry SchnebeleyFrederick County
George ScottSomerset County
Gustavus ScottSomerset County
Thomas SemmensCharles County
Peter ShepherdBaltimore County
Upton SheredineFrederick County
David ShriverFrederick County
David SmithCecil County
John SmithBaltimore Town
Thomas SmythKent County
John StevensonBaltimore County
Osborn SpriggPrince George's County
John StullFrederick County
Matthew Tilghman, ChairmanTalbot County
Elisha WilliamsFrederick County
Jonathan WillsonFrederick County
Henry Wilson Jr.Harford County
Thomas Sprigg WoottonFrederick County
Brice T. B. WorthingtonAnne Arundel County
Solomon WrightQueen Anne's County
Turbutt WrightQueen Anne's County

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