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JOHN HART
Born: 1713
Birthplace: Hopewell, New Jersey
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 65
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: New Jersey Provincial Assembly, 1761-1771; Hunterdon County Judge, 1768-1775; New Jersey Provincial Congress, 1775-1776; Committee of Safety, 1775-1776; Continental Congress, 1776; New Jersey General Assembly, 1776-1778; Chairman, New Jersey Council of Safety, 1777-1778.
Died: May 11, 1779
FRANCIS HOPKINSON
Born: September 21, 1737
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 38
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge, Author
Public Service: Provincial Council of New Jersey, 1774-1776; Continental Congress, 1776; Navy Board at Philadelphia, 1776- 1777; Treasurer of the Continental Loan Office, 1778; Admiralty Court Judge of Pennsylvania, 1779-1780 and 1787; Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1787; U.S. District Court Judge, 1789-1791 (served until his death). Died: May 9, 1791
RICHARD STOCKTON
Born: October 1, 1730
Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 45
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: New Jersey Executive Council, 1768-1776; Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1774-1776; Continental Congress, 1776; elected Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court but declined the office, 1776.
Died: February 28, 1781
JOHN WITHERSPOON
Born: February 15, 1723
Birthplace: Gifford, Scotland
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 53
Occupation: Clergyman, Author, Educator
Public Service: New Jersey Committee of Correspondence, 1775; New Jersey Provincial Congress, 1776; Continental Congress, 1776- 1782; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; New Jersey General Assembly, 1783 and 1789; New Jersey Constitutional Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1787.
Died: November 15, 1794
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