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      Assembling representatives from every colony, the Continental Congress ( 1774 - 1789 ) began as a coordinated effort to resist the British.   With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the Congress became the central institution for managing the struggle for American independence.

      The following list displays the men that attended the U.S. Continental Congress for the State of Delaware.   Click on the names to see either a biography or a short fact sheet on each one.

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1774  ~  1776

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )

      Caesar Rodney  ~  (  b. October 7, 1728  ~  d. June 26, 1784  )

      George Read, Sr.  ~  (  b. September 18, 1733  ~  d. September 21, 1798  )


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1777


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1778

      Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.  ~  (  b. September 25, 1738  ~  d. February 19, 1789  )

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )


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1779

      Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.  ~  (  b. September 25, 1738  ~  d. February 19, 1789  )

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )

      John Dickinson  ~  (  b. November 13, 1732  ~  d. February 14, 1808  )


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1780

      Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.  ~  (  b. September 25, 1738  ~  d. February 19, 1789  )

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )


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1781

      Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.  ~  (  b. September 25, 1738  ~  d. February 19, 1789  )

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )

      Thomas Rodney  ~  (  b. June 4, 1744  ~  d. January 2, 1811  )  ~  Brother of Caesar Rodney


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1782

      Caesar Rodney  ~  ( Did not serve due to health )

      Thomas McKean  ~  (  b. March 19, 1734  ~  d. June 24, 1817  )

      Thomas Rodney  ~  (  b. June 4, 1744  ~  d. January 2, 1811  )  ~  Brother of Caesar Rodney

      Samuel Wharton  ~  (  b. May 3, 1732  ~  d. March, 1800  )

      Philemon Dickinson  ~  (  b. April 5, 1739  ~  d. February 4, 1809  )  ~  Brother of John Dickinson


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1783

      Caesar Rodney  ~  ( Did not serve due to health )

      Samuel Wharton  ~  (  b. May 3, 1732  ~  d. March, 1800  )

      Philemon Dickinson  ~  (  b. April 5, 1739  ~  d. February 4, 1809  )  ~  Brother of John Dickinson

      Eleazar McComb  ~  (  b. 1740  ~  d. December, 1798  )

      James Tilton  ~  (  b. June 1, 1745  ~  d. May 14, 1822  )

      Gunning Bedford, Jr.  ~  (  b. April 13, 1747  ~  d. March 30, 1812  )


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1784

      Eleazar McComb  ~  (  b. 1740  ~  d. December, 1798  )

      James Tilton  ~  (  b. June 1, 1745  ~  d. May 14, 1822  )

      Gunning Bedford, Jr.  ~  (  b. April 13, 1747  ~  d. March 30, 1812  )

      John Vining  ~  (  b. December 23, 1758  ~  d. February, 1802  )


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1785

      Gunning Bedford, Jr.  ~  (  b. April 13, 1747  ~  d. March 30, 1812  )

      John Vining  ~  (  b. December 23, 1758  ~  d. February, 1802  )


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1786

      John Patten  ~  (  b. April 26, 1746  ~  d. December 26, 1800  )

      William Peery  ~  (  b. 1743  ~  d. December 17, 1800  )

      Thomas Rodney  ~  (  b. June 4, 1744  ~  d. January 2, 1811  )  ~  Brother of Caesar Rodney


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1787 ~ 1788

      Dyre Kearney  ~  (  b. Unknown  ~  d. ca. November 1, 1791  )

      Nathaniel Mitchell  ~  (  b. 1752  ~  d. February 21, 1815   )

      

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