Mifflin, Thomas, 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 and signed the Constitution; 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.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>11/08/1796 PA Governor General Election Won 96.31% (+93.07%)</li>
<li>11/05/1793 PA Governor General Election Won 65.43% (+30.91%)</li>
<li>11/02/1790 PA Governor General Election Won 90.71% (+81.42%)</li>
<li>12/31/1783 PA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>11/03/1783 US President of the Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1782 PA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1774 PA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>09/01/1774 PA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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<p>Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last president of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790.</p>

<p>Born in Philadelphia, Mifflin became a merchant after graduating from the College of Philadelphia. He joined the Continental Army after serving in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and the Continental Congress, where he had signed the Continental Association. During the American Revolutionary War, he was an aide to General George Washington and the Continental Army's Quartermaster General, rising to the rank of major general. Mifflin returned to Congress in 1782 and was elected president of the Continental Congress in 1783. He served as speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1785 to 1787, then as president of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council from 1788 to 1790.</p>

<p>Mifflin was a delegate to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and signed the United States Constitution. He then presided over the committee that wrote Pennsylvania's own constitution, and he became the first governor after the ratification of the constitution. Mifflin left office as governor in 1799 and died the following year.</p>