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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Thomas Mifflin |
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, Pennsylvania , United States |
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January 10, 1744
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| Died | January 20, 1800
(56 years)
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| Info | A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia (1760), Thomas Mifflin became a member of the American Philosophical Society (1765-1799). At the age of 28, he entered politics as a member of the colonial legislature of Pennsylvania (1772-1774) and was elected (22 Jul 1774) to the First Continental Congress. In December 1774, Mifflin was chosen to represent Pennsylvania in the Second Continental Congress. He participated in the meetings from 10 May 1775 to June 1775. On 4 Jul 1775 he was made major and chief aide-de-camp to General George Washington. He occupied the position of the Quartermaster General of the Continental Army on 14 Aug 1775 and was promoted to major general on 19 Feb 1777. Mifflin served as a member of board of war from 7 Nov 1777, resigned as major general on 25 Feb 1779. In 1778-1791 he was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
On 12 Nov 1782 Mifflin was again elected a member of the Continental Congress (1782-1784). When the Congress assembled in Princeton, New Jersey, absent Mifflin was elected president of the Congress. From 3 Nov 1783 to 13 Dec 1783, presidential duties were carried out by chairman of the Congress Daniel Carroll. The Congress was adjourned on 4 Nov 1783 and met again in Annapolis, Maryland, on 26 Nov 1783. However, since there was no "sufficient number of states assembled to proceed to business, Congress was adjourned from day to day," until 13 Dec 1783, when seven states achieved quorum and Mifflin took the chair.
On 23 Dec 1783, George Washington appeared before Congress and resigned his commission as commander in chief of the American Revolutionary Army. In January 1784, the Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris. Among other important events during the presidency of Mifflin was Thomas Jefferson's proposal to divide up sprawling western territories into states, to be considered equal with the original 13 and his proposed ban on slavery in the U.S., which was narrowly defeated. The session in Annapolis closed on 3 Jun 1784.
In 1785-1788 Mifflin served as speaker of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention (1787); President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania (5 Nov 1788 - 21 Dec 1790); president of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania (1790); Governor of Pennsylvania (21 Dec 1790 - 17 Dec 1799); again a member of the House of Representatives (1799-1800).
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