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Born September 27, 1722 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died October 2, 1803 (aged 81) • Boston • Massachusetts
Title / Office governor (1794-1797), Massachusetts • Continental Congress (1774-1781), United States
Role In American Revolution • United States presidential election of 1796

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