biography
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| lived:
| (1728–84)
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| biography:
| American patriot and statesman, born in Dover, Delaware, USA. He served in Delaware's provincial assembly during 1761–76, with only one break, in 1771. A member of the Continental Congress (1774–6), he rode 80 miles on horseback and arrived in Philadelphia on 2 July 1776, just in time to cast a decisive vote in favour of Richard Henry Lee's resolution on American independence. He signed the Declaration of Independence, served again in the Continental Congress (1777–8), and was president (governor) of Delaware (1778–81). Delaware placed his statue in the US Capitol. |
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