List of delegates to the Continental Congress

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Continental Congress The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States. The term mostly refers to the First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Second Continental Congress of 1775–1781. It also refers to the Congress of the Confederation of 1781–1789, which covers the period following the establishment of American independence with the end of the Revolutionary War. During this period, the Continental Congress served as the chief legislative and executive body of the U.S. government.

The unicameral Congress of the Confederation, officially styled "The United States in Congress Assembled," delegates elected by the legislature of the various states. The Confederation Congress was the immediate successor to the Second Continental Congress; and delegates to it were similarly chosen. Many of the delegates to the initial 1775 session of the Second Continental Congress had also attended the previous First Continental Congress. Altogether, The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who served as delegates to the Continental Congress in three incarnations from 1774 to 1789; also listed are another 90 persons who were elected as delegates but never served.

Background

Convened in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament earlier that year, the 56 delegates to the First Continental Congress sought to help repair the frayed relationship between the British government and its American colonies. They passed the Continental Association, an economic boycott of Great Britain, and petitioned the king for a redress of grievances. They also resolved to reconvene in May 1775 if necessary.

Delegates from the various colonies did indeed reconvene for a Second Continental Congress as scheduled, but by the time they gathered, the Revolutionary War had begun. Moderates in the Congress still hoped that the colonies could be reconciled with Great Britain, but a movement towards independence steadily gained ground. At this juncture Congress simultaneously sent an Olive Branch Petition to King George III, hoping for a rapprochement, and issued a Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, which contained the words "Our cause is just. Our union is perfect... being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves...".

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Signing of Declaration of Independence by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, Template:Circa1873

Congress functioned as a de facto national government from the outset by establishing the Continental Army, directing strategy, and appointing diplomats. It eventually adopted the Lee Resolution which established the new country on July 2, 1776, and it agreed to the Declaration of Independence two days later.

Afterward, the Congress functioned as the provisional government of the United States through March 1, 1781. During this period, in addition to successfully managing the war effort, its primary achievements included: drafting the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. Constitution; securing diplomatic recognition and support from foreign nations; and resolving state land claims west of the Appalachian Mountains. When the Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states, the Continental Congress became the Congress of the Confederation, which helped guide the new nation through the final stages of the Revolutionary War. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress had limited power. It could declare war, sign treaties, and settle disputes between the states. It could also borrow or print money, but did not have the power to tax; nor could it compel the individual states to comply with its decisions. It convened in eight sessions (a ninth failed to achieve a quorum) prior to being supplanted in 1789, when the United States Congress became the nation's legislative branch of government under a new Constitution.

Article V of the Articles of Confederation

Article V of the Articles of Confederation for the annual election of delegates to Congress by legislatures of the various states to terms that commenced on the first Monday in November, in every year. Each state could send 2–7 delegates, and no person was permitted to serve as a delegate for more than three years within a span of six years. State legislatures also had the authority to recall or to replace its delegates at any time. Prior to 1781, delegates to the Continental Congress served at the pleasure of the state legislature that commissioned them; neither term limits nor specific start–Template:\end–date of service existed.

For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.

No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind.

Each State shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the States, and while they act as members of the committee of the States.

In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote.

Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests or imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{#if:|{{#if:|}}

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Elected delegates who participated

The following tables list the 343 people who served in Congress: 1st Continental, 2nd Continental, or Confederation, between 1774 and 1789, as well as the year(s) of their active participation.

Connecticut

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname			1784–1785; 1787–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1779	1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1778–1781 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1781–1783
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname		1780	1782–1783; 1788
Template:Sortname		1776; 1778–1781	1781; 1783
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1777	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1785–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	1774	1775–1781	1781; 1783–1784
Template:Sortname		1779
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname		1776–1777
Template:Sortname		1776–1778; 1781	1781–1783
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Delaware

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn		1779
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776; 1778–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1777
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1781–1782; 1786
Template:Sortname		1777
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname		1777–1781	1781
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
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Georgia

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1785; 1787–1788
Template:Sortname		1777
Template:Sortname		1775
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782; 1786–1788
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname			1785
Template:Sortname		1775–1777
Template:Sortname		1775
Template:Sortname			1784–1786
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname			1781–1782
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname		1778; 1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname		1778; 1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname		1776–1777; 1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname		1777–1778
Template:Sortname		1775
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Maryland

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1776–1777 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1776; 1777–1778; 1780 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1781–1783
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1778 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1784; 1785
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1780
Template:Sortname			1787
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1775
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1780–1781 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1778–1780	1785–1786
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1779; 1780–1781 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1781
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1777 || style="background:#f2f2f2;"data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1783
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1779
Template:Sortname		1778–1780
Template:Sortname			1781
Template:Sortname			1786–1787
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1787–1789
Template:Sortname		1776–1777
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname		1777
Template:Sortname		1775–1776; 1778	1784
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1776 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1782
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Massachusetts Bay

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1777
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1781	1781
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1777–1778	1784
Template:Sortname			1785–1788
Template:Sortname		1776–1780	1783–1785
Template:Sortname<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>			1782–1783; 1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1775–1778
Template:Sortname			1783
Template:Sortname		1778–1780	1783–1785; 1787
Template:Sortname			1782
Template:Sortname			1784–1787
Template:Sortname		1777–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1782
Template:Sortname			1781–1784
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1779–1781	1781–1785
Template:Sortname			1785–1786; 1788
Template:Sortname			1787–1789
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781
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New Hampshire

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname		1775–1776; 1778
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname	1774	1777–1780
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1787–1789
Template:Sortname		1775–1776	1787
Template:Sortname		1779
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782; 1785–1786
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname		1779–1780
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1775; 1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname		1776–1777
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname		1776–1779
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1788
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New Jersey

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname		1778	1781–1783
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1776–1778; 1780–1781	1781–1783; 1786–1788
Template:Sortname			1781–1783
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname		1777–1778	1781–1783; 1787–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1780
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1778–1779 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname		1779–1781	1784–1785
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1786–1787
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname		1776–1777
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname		1776–1781	1781–1782
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New York

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1784; 1787–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1781	1781–1783
Template:Sortname		1777–1778
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776; 1779–1781	1781–1783
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname			1789
Template:Sortname			1782–1783; 1788
Template:Sortname	1774		1785–1787
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1778 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1785
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1775–1779
Template:Sortname		1779–1781	1781–1783; 1788
Template:Sortname	1774<ref name=IHAonline>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1778 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname		1775–1776; 1779–1780	1784
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname	1774
Template:Sortname			1781
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname		1775–1777
Template:Sortname			1784
Template:Sortname			1789
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname		1775; 1777; 1779–1780
Template:Sortname		1780; 1782	1781–1783
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname	1774<ref name=IHAonline/>	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname			1786
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North Carolina

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1787
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname			1782–1783; 1786–1787
Template:Sortname		1777–1781	1781
Template:Sortname			1787
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname			1785
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname			1781–1783; 1787
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776; 1779
Template:Sortname		1778–1780
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1777
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname		1779–1780
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1775–1780
Template:Sortname		1779–1781	1781
Template:Sortname			1785
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1782–1785; 1787–1788
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Pennsylvania

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="width:11em; background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1776 || style="width:11em; background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname		1779–1780
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1785–1786
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname		1776–1777; 1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1788–1789
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
Template:Sortname	1774
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname			1784–1785
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1785–1786
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname		1779–1780
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775	1782–1784
Template:Sortname			1782–1784
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname		1775–1778
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1779–1780 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname			1787–1789
Template:Sortname	1774
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1777
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1776–1777 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1778–1780 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1778–1780 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname		1776–1778
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1778 || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" |
Template:Sortname			1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1786–1787
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1777 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1782–1783; 1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1779–1781	1781–1782
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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1780	1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname		1776–1781	1781–1785
Template:Sortname			1789
Template:Sortname			1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1782–1785
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname		1777–1779
Template:Sortname			1786
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781; 1787
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
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South Carolina

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname			1789
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname			1784–1787
Template:Sortname			1787
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname			1781–1782
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname		1776–1778
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname			1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname		1777–1780
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
Template:Sortname		1778–1781	1781
Template:Sortname		1776–1777	1781–1782
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1782
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname			1785–1787
Template:Sortname			1782–1783, 1785–1786
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1776
Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1774 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1775–1776 || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1782–1783
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
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Virginia

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Name	1st Continental Congress	2nd Continental Congress	Confederation Congress
Template:Sortname		1778–1779
Template:Sortname		1778
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1783
Template:Sortname		1776
Template:Sortname			1787–1788
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname<ref name=VaCC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#f2f2f2;" data-sort-value="zed" | || style="background:#ffffff;" | 1788–1789
Template:Sortname		1779
Template:Sortname		1779
Template:Sortname<ref name=VaCC/>			1784–1787
Template:Sortname		1778–1780	1787–1788
Template:Sortname			1783–1785
Template:Sortname<ref name=VaCC/>	1774	1775–1778
Template:Sortname		1777–1778
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1775–1776	1783–1784
Template:Sortname		1777; 1780–1781	1781–1783
Template:Sortname			1782–1784
Template:Sortname		1775–1779
Template:Sortname			1786–1788
Template:Sortname	1774	1775–1779	1784–1785; 1787
Template:Sortname		1780–1781	1781–1783; 1787–1788
Template:Sortname		1779
Template:Sortname			1783–1784
Template:Sortname			1783–1786
Template:Sortname		1775–1777; 1779
Template:Sortname		1777
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1779	1781–1782
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1778; 1780–1781	1781
Template:Sortname		1780
Template:Sortname	1774	1775
Template:Sortname		1775–1776
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Elected delegates who did not participate

The following table lists the 90 people who were elected to Congress: 1st Continental, 2nd Continental, or Confederation, between 1774 and 1789, but who did not participate, as well as the year(s) of their election.

Name	State	Year(s) elected
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1780
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1779
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1780, 1785
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1786
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1781
Template:Sortname	Virginia	1781
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1774
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1776
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1781
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1784, 1785
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1786
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1785, 1786
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1784
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1787, 1788
Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	1785
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1778
Template:Sortname	New Jersey	1776
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1783, 1784
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1780, 1782, 1783
Template:Sortname	New Jersey	1778
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1784
Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	1777
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1778
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1784
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1776
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1787
Template:Sortname	Maryland	1782
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1787
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1787
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1784
Template:Sortname	New York	1788
Template:Sortname	New Jersey	1779
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1786, 1788
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1783, 1785
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1788, 1789
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1781, 1784, 1785
Template:Sortname	Virginia	1779
Template:Sortname	New York	1788
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1784
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1781
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1779
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1785
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1787
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1786
Template:Sortname	Virginia	1784
Template:Sortname	Virginia	1777
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1787
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1784
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1784
Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	1784
Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	1777
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1785
Template:Sortname	New Jersey	1778
Template:Sortname	Maryland	1777
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1789
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1786
Template:Sortname	New Jersey	1780, 1787
Template:Sortname	Delaware	1784
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1784
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1789
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	1785
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1787
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1784
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1786
Template:Sortname	Maryland	1784, 1785
Template:Sortname	Maryland	1784
Template:Sortname	Maryland	1784
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1784
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1786
Template:Sortname	Georgia	1781
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1787
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1780
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1782, 1784, 1784
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1782, 1783
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1783
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1778, 1783
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1784, 1785, 1787
Template:Sortname	South Carolina	1777
Template:Sortname	Connecticut	1774
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1777, 1778, 1782, 1785
Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	1782
Template:Sortname	New York	1779
Template:Sortname	New Hampshire	1787
Template:Sortname	Virginia	1780
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	1774, 1787, 1788
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See also

• Founding Fathers of the United States, includes a listing of which Founding Fathers signed one or more of the era's formative state documents
• Journals of the Continental Congress
• Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress
• History of the United States (1776–1789)
• Perpetual Union

Further reading

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• Garraty, John A.; Carnes, Mark C., gen. eds. (1999, 2002 supplement). American National Biography. 24 volumes. New York, New York: Oxford University Press (for the American Council of Learned Societies). Template:OCLC. Official website Template:Subscription required.
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