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- 1. he had forteen older siblings.
- 4. His father saw an aptitude for mathematics and felt that he was too frail for the farm life and so young he was tutored in mathematics and surveying.
- 5. 1777, the british captured Delaware governor John McKinly and he took over as governor in the emergency.
- 7. He studied medicine, and practiced as a physician at Kingston, in New Hampshire
- 9. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1737, he was orphaned as a child.
- 10. in 1756, he joined his father's cousin in the French and Indian War at Lake George.
- 12. He was licensed to practice law in the state of Virginia at age twenty-two.
- 13. He married at age 19, but his wife died about two years after.
- 14. He left that congress in 1778 and returned to his native state to serve in its Legislature.
- 15. one of five people to represent the colony at the First Continental Congress in 1774.
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- 2. In 1796 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, an office that he filled until his death
- 3. discovered lightning was electrical
- 6. He was appointed federal district judge for the State of Maryland from 1789, until his death
- 8. first President of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- 11. he served for 23 years in the upper house of the new legislature.