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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaThomas MIFFLIN
(1744-1800)
MIFFLIN, Thomas, a
Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 10,
1744; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia in 1760; member of the American Philosophical Society
1765-1799; member of the colonial legislature 1772-1774; Member of
the Continental Congress 1774-1775 and 1782-1784, and was its
president in 1783; major and chief aide-de-camp to General
Washington July 4, 1775; major and Quartermaster General of the
Continental Army August 14, 1775, and promoted through the ranks to
major general February 19, 1777; member of board of war November 7,
1777; resigned as major general February 25, 1779; trustee of the
University of Pennsylvania 1778-1791; served as speaker of the
state house of representatives 1785-1788; delegate to the Federal
Constitutional Convention in 1787; president of the supreme
executive council of Pennsylvania October 1788 to October 1790;
president of the state constitutional convention in 1790; Governor
of Pennsylvania 1790-1799; again a member of the state house of
representatives in 1799 and 1800; died in Lancaster, Pa., January
20, 1800; interment in the front yard of Trinity Lutheran
Church.
Bibliography
Rossman, Kenneth R. Thomas Mifflin and the Politics of the
American Revolution. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press, 1952.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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