THE FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS By Sandi Bradley The Federalist Papers Project www.thefederalistpapers.org The Faith Of The Founders Table of Contents The Faith of the Founders .................................................................................................... 6 The Presidents ...................................................................................................................... 7 George Washington ................................................................................................................................................7 John Adams .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Thomas Jefferson.................................................................................................................................................. 17 James Madison ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 James Monroe ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 The Signers of the Declaration of Independence ............................................................... 32 Samuel Adams ...................................................................................................................................................... 34 Josiah Bartlett ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 Carter Braxton ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Samuel Chase ....................................................................................................................................................... 38 Abraham Clark ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 George Clymer ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 William Ellery ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 William Floyd ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 Benjamin Franklin ................................................................................................................................................ 42 Elbridge Gerry ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 Button Gwinnett ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Lyman Hall ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 John Hancock ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 Benjamin Harrison V ............................................................................................................................................ 48 John Hart .............................................................................................................................................................. 49 Joseph Hewes ....................................................................................................................................................... 50 Thomas Heyward Jr .............................................................................................................................................. 50 William Hooper .................................................................................................................................................... 51 Stephen Hopkins ................................................................................................................................................... 51 Francis Hopkinson ................................................................................................................................................ 53 Samuel Huntington ............................................................................................................................................... 53 Thomas Jefferson.................................................................................................................................................. 54 www.thefederalistpapers.org Page 1 The Faith Of The Founders Francis Lightfoot Lee ........................................................................................................................................... 54 Richard Henry Lee ............................................................................................................................................... 55 Francis Lewis........................................................................................................................................................ 56 Philip Livingston .................................................................................................................................................. 56 Thomas Lynch Jr. ................................................................................................................................................. 57 Thomas McKean .................................................................................................................................................. 57 Arthur Middleton .................................................................................................................................................. 58 Lewis Morris ........................................................................................................................................................ 58 John Morton ......................................................................................................................................................... 59 Thomas Nelson Jr. ................................................................................................................................................ 60 William Paca ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 Robert Treat Paine ................................................................................................................................................ 61 John Penn ............................................................................................................................................................. 62 George Read ......................................................................................................................................................... 63 Caesar Rodney ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 George Ross ......................................................................................................................................................... 63 Benjamin Rush ..................................................................................................................................................... 64 Edward Rutledge .................................................................................................................................................. 67 Roger Sherman ..................................................................................................................................................... 67 James Smith .......................................................................................................................................................... 70 Richard Stockton .................................................................................................................................................. 70 Thomas Stone ....................................................................................................................................................... 71 George Taylor ....................................................................................................................................................... 72 Matthew Thornton ................................................................................................................................................ 72 George Walton...................................................................................................................................................... 73 William Whipple .................................................................................................................................................. 73 William Williams ................................................................................................................................................