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Thomas McKean (⫽ m ɪ k ˈ k eɪ n ⫽; March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution, he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of ...
Mar 19, 2023 · Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is mostly forgotten in the discussion about Founders who had a significant impact on the Constitution and the early Supreme Court.
Nov 8, 2021 · March 19, 1734–June 24, 1817. Thomas McKean was a well-known lawyer, politician, and judge from New London, Pennsylvania. He is a Founding Father because he signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and was the second President under the Articles.
President of Board of Trustees 1788-1791. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Thomas McKean was the son of Letitia Finney and William McKean, innkeeper and farmer. He was educated at Francis Alison ‘s New London Academy and then studied law with his cousin, David Finney of New Castle, Delaware.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Thomas McKean. Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers. Thomas McKean. 1734-1817. Representing Delaware at the Continental Congress. by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress.
Sep 13, 2012 · Follow the life of Thomas McKean, delegate to the Continental Congress and one of 56 signers, who bravely proclaimed the original thirteen colonies would break away from British rule to form...
Thomas McKean was born on November 28, 1842 in Philadelphia, the great-grandson of the Thomas McKean who signed the Declaration of Independence. He went to the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1862 with a Bachelor of the Arts degree.
