Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
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American layman 1740-1821
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Lawyer; member of Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-1784, president 1782-1784; member of first three federal congresses; director U.S. Mint, 1795-1805.
Pres. of the Continental Congress. 1st Pres. of the American Bible Society.
President of Continental Congress, 1782, and first president of American Bible Society.
Lawyer, commissary general of prisoners for the Continental Army, delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey serving as president and secretary of foreign affairs, U.S. representative from New Jersey, and director of the U.S. Mint.
Lawyer; member, New Jersey Provincial Congress, 1775; commissary-general of prisoners, Revolutionary Army, 1776-1779; member, Continental Congress, 1777-1784; New Jersey congressman, 1789-1794; director, U.S. Mint, 1795-1805.
Delegate to the Continental Congress and U.S. representative from New Jersey and commissary general of prisoners during the Revolution.
Lawyer; U.S. Commissary General of Prisoners, 1777-1778; member of Continental Congress from New Jersey 1777-1784, president 1782-1784; member of first three federal congresses; director U.S. Mint 1795-1805.
Lawyer, appointed U.S. Commissary General of Prisoners, 1777; member of Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-1784; member of first three federal congresses; director U.S. Mint, 1795-1805.
Lawyer, member of Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-1784, president 1782-1784; member of first three federal congresses; director U.S. Mint 1795-1805.
Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), an American statesman and lawyer of New Jersey, was a member of the Continental Congress, 1777-1778 and 1781-1784, serving as president of that body in 1782 and 1783. After election to Congress in 1789, he was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint in 1795. He was the first president, 1816-1821, of the American Bible Society.
Elias Boudinot was an American lawyer and public official who represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress. Born in Philadelphia in 1740, Boudinot became a lawyer in 1760. At the onset of the American Revolution, he became a member of the Revolutionary Party although he was a conservative Whig. He served as deputy in the New Jersey provincial assembly and then as a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress. He later served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795 before becoming director of the U.S. Mint from 1795 to 1805. Boudinot died in 1821.
Lawyer, member of Continental Congress and first three federal congresses from New Jersey.
Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and commissary of prisoners during the Revolution.
Lawyer; member of Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-1784, president 1782-1784; member first three federal Congresses; director U.S. Mint, 1795-1805.
Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), an American statesman and lawyer of New Jersey, was a member of the Continental Congress, 1777-1778 and 1781-1784, serving as president of that body in 1782 and 1783.
After election to Congress in 1789, he was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint in 1795. He was the first president, 1816-1821, of the American Bible Society.
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