Mckean, Thomas
signer of the declaration of independence, was born March 19,1734, in New London, Pa. In 1762 he was elected to the Delaware assembly, and continued in that station for eleven years. He was a delegate to the New York congress in 1765; and while holding the office of chief justice in Pennsylvania was elected a delegate from Delaware to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776, and from 1778 to 1783. He was a signer of the declaration of independence, and of the articles of confederation. He was judge of the court of common pleas in Delaware. He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1808. He died June 24, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa.