Thomas Mifflin
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| 1st Governor of Pennsylvania | |
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In office December 21, 1790 – December 17, 1799 |
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| Preceded by | Himself, as President of Pennsylvania |
| Succeeded by | Thomas McKean |
| 7th President of Pennsylvania | |
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In office 1788–1790 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Franklin |
| Succeeded by | Himself, as Governor of Pennsylvania |
| Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1785–1787 |
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| Preceded by | John Bayard |
| Succeeded by | Richard Peters |
| 11th President of the Confederation Congress | |
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In office November 3, 1783 – June 3, 1784 |
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| Preceded by | Elias Boudinot |
| Succeeded by | Richard Henry Lee |
| Continental Congressman | |
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In office 1782–1784 |
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In office 1774–1775 |
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| Personal details | |
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January 10, 1744 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 20, 1800 (aged 56) Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place | Trinity Lutheran Churchyard Lancaster |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Morris |
| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Profession | Merchant, soldier, politician |
| Religion | Lutheran |
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Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a major general in the Continental Army and the 1st and 3rd Quartermaster General during the American Revolution, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, President of the Continental Congress, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Several of these activities qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, President of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council and the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Mifflin was born January 10, 1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of John Mifflin and Elizabeth Bagnall. His great-grandfather John Mifflin, Jr. (1661 - 1714) was born in Warminster, Wiltshire, England and settled in the Province of Pennsylvania. Thomas Mifflin graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1760, and joined the mercantile business of William Biddle. After returning from a trip to Europe in 1765, he established a commercial business partnership with his brother, George Mifflin, and married his cousin, Sarah Morris, on March 4, 1765. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society.
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