Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Updated information as promised. Below is a list of those that signed the "Declaration of Independence" 56 signatures and by 1797 there was 26 of them that were died.Button Gwinnett (1735 – May 19, 1777)Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790), George Walton (1749–February 2, 1804)William Hooper (June 17, 1742 – October 14, 1790)Joseph Hewes (January 23, 1730 – November 10, 1779)John Penn (May 17, 1741 – September 14, 1788)Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800Thomas Heyward, Jr. (July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809Thomas Lynch, Jr. (August 5, 1749–1779)Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 – January 1, 1787), John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793)Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811)William Paca (October 31, 1740 – October 23, 1799)Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787)Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832)George Wythe (1726 – June 8, 1806)Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794)Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791)Thomas Nelson, Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789)Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797)Carter Braxton (September 16, 1736 – October 10, 1797)Robert Morris, Jr. ( January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806)Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705[1]] – April 17, 1790)John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777)George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 24, 1813)James Smith (September 17, 1719 – July 11, 1806), George Taylor (c. 1716 – February 23, 1781James Wilson (1742 – 1798)George Ross (May 10, 1730 – July 14, 1779)Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784)George Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798)Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817)William Floyd (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821)Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778)Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713 – December 30, 1803Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 — January 22, 1798)Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781John Witherspoon (February 15, 1723 – November 15, 1794)Francis Hopkinson (September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791), John Hart (c. 1711 – May 11, 1779)Abraham Clark (February 15, 1726 – September 15, 1794)Josiah Bartlett (November 21, 1729 – May 19, 1795William Whipple, Jr. (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785)Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803)John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826)Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814Elbridge Thomas Gerry ( July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814)Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785)William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820)Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793)Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 [O.S. July 5, 1731] – January 5, 1796)William Williams (April 23, 1731 – August 2, 1811)Oliver Wolcott (November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797)Matthew Thornton (1714 – June 24, 1803), The "Treaty of Tripoli" was approved by only one of the those that signed the Declaration of Independence, John Adams (President of the USA at this time). It was voted and unanimously approved by Congress. A list of those that were Congressmen follows..Rank Name (Party-State) Seniority date1 James Gunn (F-GA) March 3, 17892 John Henry (P-MD)[2] 3 John Langdon (DR-NH) 4 Theodore Foster (F-RI) June 7, 17905 John Rutherfurd (P-NJ)[3] March 4, 17916 John Brown (DR-KY) June 18, 17927 William Bradford (P-RI)[4] March 4, 17938 Samuel Livermore (P-NH) 9 Alexander Martin (A-NC) 10 John Vining (P-DE)[5] 11 James Ross (F-PA) April 24, 179412 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA) November 18, 179413 Henry Tazewell (A-VA)[6] 14 Henry Latimer (F-DE) February 7, 179515 William Bingham (F-PA) March 4, 179516 Timothy Bloodworth (DR-CT) 17 Humphrey Marshall (F-KY) 18 Elijah Paine (F-VT) 19 Jacob Read (F-SC) 20 Josiah Tattnall (DR-GA) February 20, 179621 James Hillhouse (F-MD) March 12, 179622 Benjamin Goodhue (F-MA) June 11, 179623 Theodore Sedgwick (F-MA) 24 William Blount (DR-TN)[7] August 2, 179625 William Cocke (DR-TN)[8] 26 Uriah Tracy (F-CT) October 13, 179627 Isaac Tichenor (F-VT)[9] October 18, 179628 John Laurance (F-NY) November 9, 179629 Richard Stockton (F-NJ) November 12, 179630 John Eager Howard (F-MD) November 30, 179631 John Hunter (R-SC)[10] December 8, 179632 Philip John Schuyler (P-NY)[11] March 4, 1797 Joseph Anderson (DR-TN) September 26, 1797 Andrew Jackson (DR-TN)[12]  Nathaniel Chipman (F-VT) October 17, 1797 Ray Greene (F-RI) November 13, 1797 James Lloyd (F-MD) December 11, 1797 John Sloss Hobart (F-NY)[13] January 11, 1798 Joshua Clayton (F-DE)[14] January 19, 1798 William North (F-NY)[15] May 15, 1798 James Watson (F-NY) August 17, 1798 Daniel Smith (DR-TN) October 6, 1798 Franklin Davenport (F-NJ) December 5, 1798 Charles Pinckney (DR-SC) December 6, 1798 William Hill Wells (F-DE) How can anyone know the intentions of others? I would say it is beyond possible to do so.