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GEORGE TAYLOR
JAMES WILSON
Born: 1716
Birthplace: Ireland
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 60
Occupation: Merchant, Judge
Public Service: Justice of Peace, 1757, 1761 and 1763-1772; Pennsylvania Assembly, 1764-1769 and 1775; Judge, Northampton County Court, 1770; Colonel, Pennsylvania Militia, 1775; Continental Congress, 1776; Supreme Executive Council, 1777. Died: February 23, 1781
Born: September 14, 1742
Birthplace: Carskerdo, Scotland
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 33
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
Public Service: Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania, 1774; Continental Congress, 1775-1777, 1783 and 1785-1786; Colonel, 4th Battalion of Associators, 1775; Brigadier General, Pennsylvania militia; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Pennsylvania Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1787; Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1798 (served until his death).
Died: August 21, 1798
DELAWARE
THOMAS MCKEAN
Born: March. 19, 1734
Birthplace: New London, Pennsylvania
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 42
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Delaware Provincial Assembly, 1762-1775; Stamp Act Congress, 1765; Judge, New Castle County Court, 1765; Continental Congress, 1774-1776 and 1778-1782; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Delaware House of Representatives, 1776-1777; Chief Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1777- 1799; fought in the American Revolutionary War; Pennsylvania Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1787; Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1789; Governor of Pennsylvania 1799-1808.
Died: June 24, 1817
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