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
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.
Samuel Huntington was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he sig
Thomas McKean
…Congress until February 1, 1783. McKean helped draft the Articles of Confederation and voted for their adoption on March 1, 1781. When poor health caused Samuel Huntington to resign as president of Congress in July 1781, McKean was elected as his successor. He served from July 10 to November 4, 1781. The position was…
Samuel Huntington Charles Willson Peale
The house where Huntington was born in Scotland, Connecticut Colony