Thomas Mifflin
Overview
United States
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merchant
Merchant
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and politician
Politician
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from Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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. He was a major general
Major General
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in the Continental Army
Continental Army
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during the American Revolution
American Revolution
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, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, a Continental Congress
Continental Congress
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man from Pennsylvania, President of the Continental Congress
President of the Continental Congress
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, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Philadelphia Convention
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. He served as Speaker
Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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, President of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council
Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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and the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
Mifflin was born January 10, 1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, son of John Mifflin and Elizabeth Bagnall.
