delegate to the Continental Congress

C3318

concept

A delegate to the Continental Congress is an appointed or elected representative from one of the American colonies who participated in the intercolonial legislative assemblies that coordinated resistance to British rule and laid the groundwork for the United States’ independence.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence	27
Continental Congress delegate	18
delegate to the Continental Congress canonical	18
member of the Continental Congress	3
president of the Continental Congress	1

Instances (66)

Instance	Via concept surface
Oliver Wolcott Sr.	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Philip Livingston	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
George Read	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Elizabeth Brooke surface form: Charles Carroll of Carrollton	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Francis Lewis	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Samuel Huntington	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Henrietta Middleton surface form: Edward Rutledge	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
President of Pennsylvania surface form: John Dickinson	—
Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee	member of the Continental Congress
George Clymer	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
William Duer	member of the Continental Congress
Arthur Middleton	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Edward Rutledge	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Cyrus Griffin	Continental Congress delegate
Gunning Bedford Sr. (indirectly via Bedford, Pennsylvania) surface form: Gunning Bedford Sr.	Continental Congress delegate
George Ross	Continental Congress delegate
Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) surface form: Lewis Morris	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas Nelson Jr.	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas McKean	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
John Hanson	Continental Congress delegate
Silas Deane	Continental Congress delegate
Benjamin Harrison V	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Carrollton, Maryland surface form: Charles Carroll of Carrollton	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Robert Morris	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas Middleton	—
Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence) surface form: Arthur Middleton	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Button Gwinnett	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Philip Schuyler	member of the Continental Congress
Cornelius Harnett	Continental Congress delegate
George Walton	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Josiah Bartlett	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Rush	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
William Paca	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Daniel Roberdeau	—
Caesar Rodney	Continental Congress delegate
Henry Middleton	—
Nathaniel Folsom	Continental Congress delegate
William Ellery	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Jonathan Jackson	Continental Congress delegate
Walter Livingston	Continental Congress delegate
Thomas Lynch Jr.	signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
John Bull	—
John Deas	—
John Kean	Continental Congress delegate
John F. Grimké	Continental Congress delegate
John Baptist Ashe	Continental Congress delegate
John Smith surface form: John Smith (Continental Congress delegate)	—
John Middleton	—
John Brown	—
John White	Continental Congress delegate