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Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (born 1717)
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Henry Middleton
American politician ( (1717–1784)
Henry Middleton was an American politician and planter from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature, during the American Revolution he attended the First Continental Congress and served as that body's president for four days in 1774 after the passage of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
President of the Continental Congress
Presiding officer of the U.S. Continental Congress
The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)