John Hanson
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John Hanson was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in
Portrait attributed to John Hesselius, c. 1765–1770
Etching of Hanson based on a portrait by Charles Willson Peale that was painted from life in 1781–1782
John Hanson, portrait from life painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1781–1782
The bronze statue of Hanson in the National Statuary Hall Collection
Thomas McKean
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Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Contin
John Hanson
…President of the United States in Congress assembled—by his fellow delegates. He was not the first person to hold the office. Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean had each preceded him under the Articles of Confederation, as had five other men as President of the Continental Congress before ratification. Some…
1787 portrait of McKean and his son Thomas Jr. by Charles Willson Peale
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale
Sarah Armitage McKean with their daughter Maria Louisa (Charles Willson Peale, 1787)
The presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress.