Casts Each role is followed by the actor from the original Broadway production, the movie, and the 1997 revival. Click on the character's name for actual historical information. Many are incomplete; I'm still working on it! Also I am starting to put up a little info on actors too. Thanks to Gina Lee Dandy for playbill information! President John Hancock David Ford David Ford Richard Poe New Hampshire Dr. Josiah Bartlett Dal Richards Daniel Keyes Michael X. Martin Massachusetts John Adams William Daniels William Daniels Brent Spiner Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins Roy Poole Roy Poole Tom Aldredge Connecticut Roger Sherman David Vosburgh Rex Robbins John Herrera New York Lewis Morris Ronald Kross Howard Caine Tom Riis Farrell Robert Livingston Henry LeClair John Myers Daniel Marcus New Jersey Jonathan Witherspoon Edmund Lyndeck James Noble Jerry Lanning Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin Howard Da Silva Howard Da Silva Pat Hingle John Dickinson Paul Hecht Donald Madden Michael Cumpsty James Wilson Emory Bass Emory Bass Michael Winther Delaware Caesar Rodney Robert Gaus William Hansen Michael McCormick Col. Thomas McKean Bruce MacKay Ray Middleton Bill Nolte George Read Duane Bodin Leo Leyden Kevin Ligon Maryland Samuel Chase Philip Polito Patrick Hines Ric Stoneback Virginia Richard Henry Lee Ronald Holgate Ronald Holgate Merwin Foard Thomas Jefferson Ken Howard Ken Howard Paul Michael Valley North Carolina Joseph Hewes Charles Rule Charles Rule David Lowenstein South Carolina Edward Rutledge Clifford David John Cullum Gregg Edelman Georgia Dr. Lyman Hall Jonathan Moore Jonathan More Robert Westenberg - Charles Thomson Ralston Hill Ralston Hill Guy Paul Andrew McNair William Duell William Duell Macintyre Dixon A Leather Apron B. J. Slater Mark Montgomery Joseph Cassidy Courier Scott Jarvis Stephen Nathan Dashiell Eaves Abigail Adams Virginia Vestoff Virginia Vestoff Linda Emond Martha Jefferson Betty Buckley Blythe Danner Lauren Ward