Fact #1255: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison DID NOT sign the Declaration of Independence.

This is because Washington was in the field in New York at the time, and Madison and Hamilton weren’t members of Congress until after the revolution.

Source: http://declaration.fas.harvard.edu/faq/founding-fathers-not-signers

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