Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 1723-1790

<p>Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723 – November 16, 1790) was a politician, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signer of the United States Constitution. He was a leader for many years in Maryland's colonial government, but when conflict arose with Great Britain Jenifer embraced the Patriot cause.</p>

<p>Jenifer, born at Coates Retirement (now Ellerslie), an estate west of Port Tobacco in Charles County, Maryland, was the son of Dr. Daniel Jenifer and Elizabeth Mason. As a young man, he acted as a receiver general, the local financial agent for the last two proprietors of Maryland. He was the uncle of Thomas Stone, Michael J. Stone, and John Hoskins Stone.</p>

<p>Jenifer served as justice of the peace for Charles County and later for the western circuit of Maryland. He sat on a commission that settled a boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Delaware (1760) and on the Governor's Council, the upper house of the Maryland legislature that also served as the colony's court of appeals and as a board of senior advisers to the governor (1773–76).</p>

JENIFER, Daniel of St. Thomas, (Uncle of Daniel Jenifer), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Charles County, Md., in 1723; member of the provincial court in 1766; member of the Governor's council in 1773; member and president of the council of safety 1775-1777; president of the State senate 1777-1780; Member of the Continental Congress 1779-1781, also of the convention that framed the Federal Constitution, and a signer of that instrument on September 17, 1787; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1782 and 1785; died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 16, 1790.

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<li>11/17/1785 MD Governor Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)</li>
<li>11/15/1782 MD Governor Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1780 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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