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JOHN ADAMS
SAM ADAMS
Born: October 30, 1735
Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 40
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Boston General Court, 1768; Continental Congress, 1774-1777; Commissioner to the Court of France and Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland, 1782; one of negotiators of the treaty of peace with Great Britain, 1782; First Minister to England, 1785- 1788; first Vice President of the United States, 1789-1797;
second President of the United States, 1797-1801; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1820.
Died: July 4, 1826
Born: September 27, 1722
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 53
Occupation: Tax Collector
Public Service: Boston Tax Collector, 1756-1764; Massachusetts General Court, 1765-1774; Continental Congress, 1774-1781; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1779; President, Massachusetts Senate, 1781 and 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-1794; Governor of Massachusetts, 1794-1797.
Died: October 2, 1803
MASSACHUSETTS
ELBRIDGE GERRY
Born: July 17, 1744
Birthplace: Marblehead, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 32
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Massachusetts General Court, 1772-1775; Continental Congress, 1776-1780 and 1783-1785; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787 (refused to sign Constitution, but subsequently gave it his support); U.S. Congress, 1789-1793; diplomatic mission to France, 1797; Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-1811; Vice President of the United States, 1813-1814 (served until his death).
Died: November 23, 1814
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