rister, Thomas Stone (never acted), Samuel Chase, Robert Alexander,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Matthew Tilghman, John Beale Bordley
(declined) Robert Goldsborough (never acted), James Hollyday,
Richard Lloyd, Edward Lloyd, Thomas Smyth, Henry Hooper.

January 18, 1776-May 25, 1776 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
President, Charles Carroll, Barrister, John Hall, Benjamin Rumsey,
James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfield Hands.

May 27, 1776 -July 6, 1776 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, President,
Charles Carroll, Barrister, John Hall, Benjamin Rumsey (never acted),
George Plater, James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfield
Hands, William Hayward.

July 6, 1776-November II, 1776 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
President, John Hall, George Plater, Charles Carroll, Barrister,
Thomas Bedingfield Hands (declined), Benjamin Rumsey, Thomas
Smyth, James Tilghman, Joseph Nicholson, Jr., Nicholas Thomas
(appointed by Council, September 18, 1776).

November 12, 1776-March 20, 1777 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
President, John Hall, George Plater, Brice T. B. Worthington, Charles
Grahame (declined), Joseph Nicholson, Jr., Nicholas Thomas, William
Rumsey (declined), James Tilghman (declined), Thomas Contee
(elected vice Grahame, November II, 1776), Samuel Wilson (appointed
by Council vice Tilghman, December 13, 1776), William Hernsley (ap-
pointed by Council wee Rumsey, December 13, 1776, declined), James
Lloyd Chamberlaine (appointed by Council vice Hernsley, January 3,
1777, declined), Turbutt Wright (appointed by Council vice Chamber-
laine, February 3,1777).

MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION
WHICH FRAMED THE FIRST
STATE CONSTITUTION

AUGUST 14—NOVEMBER II, 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,' Rezin
Hammond, Samuel Chase,' Charles Carroll, Barrister.'

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.

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