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17 Jan 2023

Josh Shapiro

Governor Josh Shapiro grew up in Pennsylvania, watching his parents serve their community — his father was a pediatrician, and his mother was an educator. Their example inspired Josh to…

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27 Sep 2019

Frances Wolf

Frances Donnelly Wolf became the first lady of Pennsylvania when her husband, Governor Tom Wolf, was sworn in as governor on January 20, 2015. The daughter of a U.S. diplomat, Mrs.…

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27 Sep 2019

Tom Wolf

On January 20, 2015, Tom Wolf was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 47th governor. Gov. Wolf grew up in a small south central Pennsylvania town in York County and still lives…

Clay Carpenter
10 Nov 2018

Thomas Wharton

THOMAS WHARTON JR. was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He served on the committee that called a convention to meet ten days after the Declaration of Independence was signed for…

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10 Nov 2018

George Bryan

A native of Dublin, Ireland, GEORGE BRYAN was a member of the State Assembly and in 1765 was a delegate to Congress when they convened in New York to oppose…

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10 Nov 2018

Joseph Reed

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, JOSEPH REED was a lawyer and jurist. He served as aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the war of independence. Reed is credited with having…

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10 Nov 2018

William Moore

WILLIAM MOORE was born in Philadelphia, where he became a merchant. He was appointed to the Committee of Safety in 1776 and was placed on the Board of War in…

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10 Nov 2018

John Dickinson

JOHN DICKINSON was born in Talbot County. He was privately tutored in Delaware and studied law in Pennsylvania as well as at Middle Temple in London. In 1757 he began…

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10 Nov 2018

Benjamin Franklin

Like others among this nation's Founding Fathers, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was a man of many talents, whose contributions to the media, science, and politics are well known. The tenth son of…

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10 Nov 2018

Thomas Mifflin

THOMAS MIFFLIN was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at a Quaker school there as well as at the new College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). Engaged in…

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10 Nov 2018

Thomas McKean

THOMAS MC KEAN was born in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He studied law under his cousin in Delaware and was admitted to the Bar there in 1754, after…

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10 Nov 2018

Simon Snyder

SIMON SNYDER was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and became a tanning and currying apprentice during his teens. In his twenties he moved to Selinsgrove, where he opened a store and…

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