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About Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. He served as President of Congress for four months in 1781. McKean was at various times a member of the Federalist and the Democratic-Republican parties and served as president of Delaware, chief justice of Pennsylvania, and the second governor of Pennsylvania. He also held numerous other public offices.
Everything about Thomas McKean →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, judge, governor
- Position held
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, President of the Continental Congress, Governor of Delaware, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Citizenship
- United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 19, 1734
- Died
- June 24, 1817