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This Unitarian George Washington appointed adjutant general, and
then as quartermaster of the army. He was a representative in
the Pennsylvania delegation that ratified the Constitution of
the United States.
Here is a US State Department profile:
Born: July 17, 1745
Died: January 29, 1829
Married: Rebecca White
Education: Harvard College
Occupation: Lawyer Government Positions:
* Entered Revolutionary Army as colonel in 1775
* Elected to State Legislature in 1776
* Appointed Adjutant General 1777
* Elected member of the Board of War 1777
* Quartermaster General of the Army 1780-1785
* Organized Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and represented it in
the convention of 1787 that ratified the Federal Constitution
and in the State constitutional convention of 1789-1790
* Postmaster General 1791-1795
* Secretary of War in President Washington's Cabinet in 1795
* Secretary of State ad interim August 20-December 9, 1795
* Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas in
1802
* Senator for Massachusetts 1803-1800
* Member of State Executive Council 1812-1813
* Representative from Massachusetts 1813-1817
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