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Signatures of US presidents
Presidential signatures are on some of the most important documents in American history. Here is how each president signed, and what made his hand recognisable.
6 signatures
- 1732–1799 · PresidentsGeorge WashingtonThe “Go:” contraction and the first name on the Constitution
- 1735–1826 · PresidentsJohn AdamsA plain full-name signature on the Declaration and the Treaty of Paris
- 1743–1826 · PresidentsThomas Jefferson“Th: Jefferson”, a compact signature from the Declaration’s author
- 1809–1865 · PresidentsAbraham Lincoln“A. Lincoln” most days, his full name on the Emancipation Proclamation
- 1822–1885 · PresidentsUlysses S. Grant“U. S. Grant”, a signature that began with a clerical error
- 1858–1919 · PresidentsTheodore RooseveltAlways “Theodore Roosevelt”, never “Teddy”