MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION
WHICH FRAMED THE FIRST
STATE CONSTITUTION
AUGUST 14—NOVEMBER 11, 1776

MATTHEW TILGHMAN, President
GABRIEL DUVALL, Secretary

St. Mary's County—Richard Barnes, Ignatius Fenwick, George Plater,

Jeremiah Jordan.
Kent County—Thomas Ringgold, William Ringgold, Joseph Earle,

Thomas Smyth.
Anne Arundel County—John Hall, Brice T. B. Worthington,1 Rezin

Hammond, Samuel Chase,1 Charles Carroll, Barrister.1
Calvert County—Benjamin Mackall, Charles Grahame, William Fitz-

hugh, John Mackall.
Charles County—Robert T. Hooe, John Dent, Thomas Semmes, John

Parnham.
Baltimore County—Charles Ridgely, Thomas Cockey Deye, John

Stevenson, Peter Shepherd.
Talbot County—Pollard Edmondson, John Gibson, Matthew Tilghman,

James Lloyd Chamberlaine.
Somerset County—Gustavus Scott, George Scott, William Horsey,

Henry Lowes.

Dorchester County—Robert Goldsborough, James Murray, John En-
nalls, Joseph Ennalls.
Cecil County—Joseph Gilpin, Patrick Ewing, David Smith, Benjamin

Brevard.

Prince George's County—Walter Bowie, Benjamin Hall, Osborn
Sprigg, Luke Marbury.

Queen Anne's County—Turbutt Wright, James Kent, William Bruff,

Solomon Wright.
Worcester County—Samuel Handy, Peter Chaille, Smith Bishop,

Josiah Mitchell.

Frederick County—Lower District: Thomas Sprigg Wootton, Jona-
than Wilson, William Bayly, Jr., Elisha Williams.
Frederick County—Middle District: Adam Fischer, Upton Sheredine,

Christopher Edelen, David Schriver.
Frederick County—Upper District: Samuel Beall, Samuel Hughes,

John Stull, Henry Schnebly.
Caroline County—Nathaniel Potter, William Richardson,2 Richard

Mason, Henry Dickinson, Thomas Johnson.3
Harford County—Jacob Bond, Henry Wilson, Jr., John Love, John

Archer.

Baltimore Town—John Smith, Jeremiah T. Chase.
Annapolis—William Paca, Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

1 Resigned August 27, 1776. Worthington and Chase were re-elected September
10, 1776. Hall elected in place of Carroll.

2 William Richardson elected Colonel of Battalion from Eastern Shore for flying
camp, August 16, 1776, and thereby vacated his seat.

3 Elected August 30, 1776.