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John Hancock
John Hancock
	Portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1770–1772
1st and 3rd Governor of Massachusetts
	In office; May 30, 1787 – October 8, 1793
Lieutenant	Samuel Adams
Preceded by	James Bowdoin
Succeeded by	Samuel Adams
	In office; October 25, 1780 – January 29, 1785
Lieutenant	Thomas Cushing
Preceded by	Office established (partly Thomas Gage as colonial governor)
Succeeded by	James Bowdoin
4th and 13th President of the Continental Congress
	In office; November 23, 1785 – June 5, 1786
Preceded by	Richard Henry Lee
Succeeded by	Nathaniel Gorham
	In office; May 24, 1775 – October 31, 1777
Preceded by	Peyton Randolph
Succeeded by	Henry Laurens
1st President of Massachusetts Provincial Congress
	In office; October 7, 1774 – May 2, 1775
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Joseph Warren
Personal details
Born	January 23, 1737; Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Quincy)
Died	October 8, 1793 (aged 56); Hancock Manor, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Granary Burying Ground, Boston
Spouse	Dorothy Quincy (m. 1775)
Children	2
Relatives	Quincy political family
Alma mater	Harvard University
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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.^[1] He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that in the United States, John Hancock or Hancock has become a colloquialism for a person's signature.^[2] He also signed the Articles of Confederation, and used his influence to ensure that Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution in 1788.

Before the American Revolution, Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the Thirteen Colonies, having inherited a profitable mercantile business from his uncle. He began his political career in Boston as a protégé of Samuel Adams, an influential local politician, though the two men later became estranged. Hancock used his wealth to support the colonial cause as tensions increased between colonists and Great Britain in the 1760s. He became very popular in Massachusetts, especially after British officials seized his sloop Liberty in 1768 and charged him with smuggling. Those charges were eventually dropped; he has often been described as a smuggler in historical accounts, but the accuracy of this characterization has been questioned.

^ Bernstein, Richard B. (2009). "Appendix: The Founding Fathers, A Partial List". The Founding Fathers Reconsidered. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 176–180. ISBN 978-0199832576.
^ Harlow G. Unger (September 21, 2000). John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-33209-1.

[Bernstein2009-1] Bernstein, Richard B. (2009). "Appendix: The Founding Fathers, A Partial List". The Founding Fathers Reconsidered. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 176–180. ISBN 978-0199832576.

[Unger2000-2] Harlow G. Unger (September 21, 2000). John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-33209-1.

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John Hancock
Portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1770–1772

1st and 3rd Governor of Massachusetts
In office May 30, 1787 – October 8, 1793
Lieutenant	Samuel Adams
Preceded by	James Bowdoin
Succeeded by	Samuel Adams
In office October 25, 1780 – January 29, 1785
Lieutenant	Thomas Cushing
Preceded by	Office established (partly Thomas Gage as colonial governor)
Succeeded by	James Bowdoin
4th and 13th President of the Continental Congress
In office November 23, 1785 – June 5, 1786
Preceded by	Richard Henry Lee
Succeeded by	Nathaniel Gorham
In office May 24, 1775 – October 31, 1777
Preceded by	Peyton Randolph
Succeeded by	Henry Laurens
1st President of Massachusetts Provincial Congress
In office October 7, 1774 – May 2, 1775
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Joseph Warren

Personal details
Born	(1737-01-23)January 23, 1737 Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Quincy)
Died	October 8, 1793(1793-10-08) (aged 56) Hancock Manor, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Granary Burying Ground, Boston
Spouse	Dorothy Quincy (m. 1775)
Children	2
Relatives	Quincy political family
Alma mater	Harvard University
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