Thomas Mifflin - Signers Of The U.S. Constitution
by Lyle Tayson
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Thomas Mifflin - Signers Of The U.S. Constitution
Artist
Lyle Tayson
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Painting - Watercolor On Cold Press Illustration Board
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Born in 1744, Thomas Mifflin was a member of a fourth-generation Pennsylvania Quaker family who had emigrated from England. He attended the College of Philadelphia, and entered the mercantile business in Philadelphia with his brother in 1765. He became part of the Pennsylvania legislature, and attended the Continental Congress in 1774. In 1775, he won appointment as a major in the Continental Army, where he had helped to raise troops. Although this caused him to be expelled from his Quaker faith, he went on to become a colonel and a brigadier general. In 1777, Mifflin attained the rank of major general but, restive of criticism of his quartermaster activities, he resigned. He then sat on the Congressional Board of War, where continuing attacks on his earlier conduct as quartermaster soon led him to resign once more. Mifflin returned to politics. He sat in the State Assembly and served as the president of the Continental Congress. He attended theConstitutional Convention in 1787, but made no speeches and did not take a substantial role in the debates. Mifflin succeeded Franklin as president of the Supreme Executive Council in 1788. He then held the governorship from 1790 to 1799. Although wealthy most of his life, Mifflin was a lavish spender. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania paid his burial expenses when he died in 1800.
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