McKean
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A township in Licking County, Ohio, United States.
A township and borough therein, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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But in 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not then present, including several who were not even elected to Congress until after that date.
British revenue stamp At the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, McKean and Caesar Rodney represented Delaware.
However, McKean and Irvine felt the government must suppress the insurrection to prevent it from spreading to nearby counties. citation McKean was elected Governor of Pennsylvania and served three terms from December 17, 1799 until December 20, 1808.
In 1979, Lander and McKean released an album as Lenny and the Squigtones featuring Christopher Guest in guitar, who was credited as Nigel Tufnel – an alias that Guest later reused in the fictional band Spinal Tap.
George Read was against independence, which meant that the Delaware delegation was split between McKean and Read and therefore could not vote in favor of independence.
Government of Pennsylvania McKean started his long tenure as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania on July 28, 1777 and served in that capacity until 1799.