E 2.1 Colonial Colleges by Signers of the

Declaration of Independence and Delegates

to the Federal Convention of 1787

College	Signers	Delegates	Total
Harvard	8	4	12
Princeton	2	9	12
Yale	3	5	8
Wm. & Mary	3	5	8
Pennsylvania	2	2	4
Columbia	0	2	2

Source: George W. Pierson, The Education of American Leaders: Comparative

Contributions of U.S. Colleges and Universities (New York: Praeger, 1969), 17-19.