Elias Boudinot
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| 10th President of the Continental Congress | |
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In office November 4, 1782 – November 2, 1783 |
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| Preceded by | John Hanson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Mifflin |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Henderson |
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May 2, 1740 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 24, 1821 (aged 81) Burlington, New Jersey |
| Resting place | Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, NJ |
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Elias Boudinot (/ᵻˈlaɪəs buːˈdɪnɒt/ ee-LY-əs boo-DIN-ot; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805.
Elias Boudinot was born in Philadelphia on May 2, 1740. His father, Elias Boudinot III, was a merchant and silversmith; he was a neighbor and friend of Benjamin Franklin. His mother, Mary Catherine Williams, was born in the British West Indies; her father was from Wales. Elias' paternal grandfather, Elie (sometimes called Elias) Boudinot, was the son of Jean Boudinot and Marie Suire of Marans, Aunis, France. They were a Huguenot (French Protestant) family who fled to New York about 1687 to avoid the religious persecutions of King Louis XIV.
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