Doty Named Streets

In 1836 James Duane Doty platted Madison before the first building was built. He named all the streets on the plat, now downtown Madison, after the signers of the U.S. Constitution Sept. 17, 1787.

There were 39 signers. The list of streets below has 32 streets listed. The other 7 are:
1. Pinckney St. was named for two Pinckney’s who signed.
2. George Read – No Street named for him. There was one planned but absorbed by the St. Paul railroad.
3. Thomas Fitzsimons – No Street named for him. There was a Fitzsimons St. on Dotys plat but that area became the UW campus and it never came to be.
4. & 5. Robert Morris, & Gouvernor Morris – There was a Morris street on Doty’s plat but it’s name was changed to Main Street. Another street then named Morris near Charter & Univ.
6. James Madison – There is now a Madison Street named for James Madison but it wasn’t on Doty’s plat.
7. Clymer There was a Clymer on Doty’s plat but is was renamed Doty St. There is now a Clymer Place in Madison.

BALDWIN St.: named for Abraham Baldwin of Georgia.

BASSETT St.: named for Richard Bassett of Delaware.

BEDFORD St.: named for Gunning Bedford jr. of Delaware.

BLAIR St.: named for John Blair of Virginia.

BLOUNT St.: named for William Blount of No. Carolina.

BREARLY St.: named for David Brearly of New Jersey.

BROOM St.: named for Jacob Broom of Delaware.

BUTLER St.: named for Pierce Butler of So. Carolina.

CARROLL St.: named for Daniel Carroll of Maryland.

DAYTON St.: named for Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey.

DICKINSON St.: named for John Dickinson of Delaware.

FEW St.: named for William Few of Georgia.

FRANKLIN St.: named for Benjamin Franklin

GILMAN St.: named for Nicholas Gilman.

GORHAM St.: named for Nathaniel Gorham of Massachusetts.

HAMILTON St.: named for Alexander Hamilton.

HENRY St.: named for James McHenry of Maryland.

INGERSOLL St.: named for Jared Ingersoll of Pennsylvania.

JENIFER St.: named for Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer of Maryland.

JOHNSON St.: named for William S. Johnson of Connecticut.

KING St.: named for Rufus King of Massachusetts.

LANGDON St.: named for John Langdon.

LIVINGSTON St.: named for William Livingston of New Jersey.

MIFFLIN St.: named for Thomas Mifflin, a Pennsylvania Quaker.

PATERSON St.: named for William Paterson of New Jersey.

PINCKNEY St.: named for two men from So. Carolina.

RUTLEDGE St.: named for John Rutledge.

SHERMAN Ave.: named for Roger Sherman of Connecticut.

SPAIGHT St.: named for Richard D. Spaight of No. Carolina.

WASHINGTON Ave.: named for George Washington.

WILLIAMSON St.: named for Hugh Williamson of No. Carolina.

WILSON St.: named for James Wilson of Pennsylvania.