Thomas McKean
American Founding Father and politician (1734-1817) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 83
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.
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Sarah Armitage McKean with their daughter Maria Louisa (Charles Willson Peale, 1787)![The presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/1280px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg)
The presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress.[6]
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The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence in Washington, D.C., McKean's depicted signature is centered, bottomAbout this person
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.
