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JOHN MORTON
Born: 1724
Birthplace: Ridley, Pennsylvania
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 52
Occupation: Judge
Public Service: Justice of Peace, 1757; Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1756-1766 and 1769-1775; Stamp Act Congress, 1765; High Sheriff, 1766-1770; Judge, Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas, 1770-1774; Associate Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court of Appeals; Continental Congress, 1774-1776.
Died: April 1777
Born: May 10, 1730
Birthplace: New Castle, Delaware
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 46
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
Public Service: Pennsylvania Assembly, 1768-1776; Continental Congress, 1774-1777; Judge, Pennsylvania Court of Admiralty, 1779 (served until his death).
Died: July 14, 1779
Born: December 24, 1745
Birthplace: Byberry, Pennsylvania
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 30
Occupation: Physician
Public Service: Philadelphia Sons of Liberty, 1773; Continental Congress, 1776-1777; Surgeon General of Middle Department during American Revolutionary War, 1777; appointed Physician General, 1777-1778; Pennsylvania Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1787; Treasurer of U.S. Mint, 1799-1813 (served until his death).
Died: April 19, 1813
Born: 1719
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 57
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Pennsylvania Provisional Conference, 1775; Pennsylvania Convention, 1776; Captain and Brigadier General, Pennsylvania Militia; Continental Congress, 1776-1778; Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1780.
Died: July 11, 1806
GEORGE ROSS
BENJAMIN RUSH
JAMES SMITH
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