Military History of Thomas Mifflin  (1/10/1744 - 1/20/1800)

Original Member

  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  Apr 1775 - Mar 1776   Major   Continental Army   Boston / Cambridge Campaign    
 
  15 Jun 1775   Major   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Washington  
 
  14 Aug 1775   Major   Continental Army       Quartermaster General  
 
  9 Nov 1775   Major   Continental Army   Lechmere's Point, Mass   Quartermaster General  
 
  16 May 1776   Brigadier General   Continental Army       Quartermaster General  
 
  Jun 1776   Brigadier General   Pennsylvania Brigade       Commander  
 
  29-30 Aug 1776   Brigadier General   Pennsylvania Brigade   Covering Force, Long Island Retreat    
 
  Sep 1776   Brigadier General   Continental Army       Quartermaster General  
 
  26 Dec 1776   Brigadier General   Continental Army   Trenton, NJ (I)   Quartermaster General  
 
  3 Jan 1777   Brigadier General   Continental Army   Princeton   Quartermaster General  
 
  19 Feb 1777   Major General   Continental Army       Quartermaster General  
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Major General   Continental Army   Valley Forge Encampment   Quartermaster General  
 
  Mar 1778   Major General   Board of War       Quartermaster General  
 
  18 Apr 1778   Major General   Continental Army        
 
  25 Feb 1779   Major General   Continental Army         Resigned
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  2 October 1778   24 October 1779   Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, York County, PA  
 
  4 November 1782   3 June 1784   Congressman, Philadelphia, PA; Princeton, NJ; Annapolis, MD   United States in Congress Assembled (aka Congress of the Confederation); 3rd, 4th, & 5th Sessions; President, 4th Session
 
  11 October 1785   26 October 1788   Representative / Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, York County, PA  
 
  25 May 1787   17 September 1787   Delegate, Pennsylvania Federal Constitutional Convention , York County, PA  
 
  14 October 1788   24 October 1790   President / Counsellor, Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, York County, PA  
 
  27 November 1789   2 September 1790   Delegate / President, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, York County, PA  
 
  21 December 1790   9 December 1799   Governor, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Pennsylvania  
 
  9 October 1799   20 January 1800   Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, York County, PA  
 

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