Person:Button Gwinnett (1)

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Button Gwinnett
chr.10 Apr 1735 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
d.19 May 1777 Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
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  • F.  Samuel Gwinnett (add)
  • M.  Anne Button (add)
  1. Button Gwinnett1735 - 1777
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  • H.  Button Gwinnett1735 - 1777
  • W.  Ann Bourne (add)
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Name Button Gwinnett
Gender Male
Christening[1] 10 Apr 1735 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, EnglandSt. Catherine's
Death[1] 19 May 1777 Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United StatesKilled in a duel


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Button Gwinnett (1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American political leader who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was the second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. He was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metropolitan Atlanta) was named for him. Gwinnett was killed in a duel by a rival, Lachlan McIntosh, following a dispute after a failed invasion of East Florida.


References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Button Gwinnett, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
Signers of U.S. Declaration of Independence
John Adams • Samuel Adams • Josiah Bartlett • Carter Braxton • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase • Abraham Clark • George Clymer • William Ellery • William Floyd • Ben Franklin • Elbridge Gerry • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall • John Hancock • Benjamin Harrison • John Hart • Joseph Hewes • Thomas Heyward • William Hooper • Stephen Hopkins • Francis Hopkinson • Samuel Huntington • Thomas Jefferson • Francis Lightfoot Lee • Richard Henry Lee • Lewis • Livingston • Thomas Lynch • Thomas McKean • Arthur Middleton • Lewis Morris • Robert Morris • Morton • Nelson • William Paca • Robert Treat Paine • Penn • Read • Rodney • Ross • Rush • Edward Rutledge • Roger Sherman • Smith • Stockton • Stone • Taylor • Thornton • Walton • William Whipple • William Williams • James Wilson • Witherspoon • Oliver Wolcott • Wythe

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