토머스 매킨

소개

토마스 맥킨(Thomas McKean, 1734년 3월 19일, 영국령 아메리카 펜실베이니아 식민지 뉴 런던 타운십 ~ 1817년 6월 24일)은 미국의 정치인으로 펜실베이니아 주지사, 델라웨어 주지사이다.

Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. He served as President of Congress for four months in 1781. McKean was at various times a member of the Federalist and the Democratic-Republican parties and served as president of Delaware, chief justice of Pennsylvania, and the second governor of Pennsylvania. He also held numerous other public offices.