Mifflin, Thomas

Mifflin, Thomas,

1744–1800, American Revolutionary general and political leader, b. Philadelphia. Turning from business to public affairs, he was a member of the Pennsylvania provincial assembly and of the First Continental Congress. He joined the army early in the American Revolution and rose to the rank of quartermaster general. He held that post, except for a brief interruption, until 1778, when he resigned after being accused of misuse of funds. The charges were never substantiated. Dissatisfied with George Washington's conduct of the war, he became involved in the Conway CabalConway Cabal,
1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and Germantown, and Horatio Gates was flushed with success by his victory in the Saratoga campaign.
..... Click the link for more information. and tried to undermine Washington, but later he renewed his friendship with the commander in chief. Mifflin again served in the Continental Congress (1782–84) and was its president (1783–84). He was later a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787), and was governor of Pennsylvania (1790–99) during the Whiskey RebellionWhiskey Rebellion,
1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties W of the Alleghenies, caused by Alexander Hamilton's excise tax of 1791. The settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish, for whom whiskey was an important economic commodity, resented the tax as discriminatory and detrimental to
..... Click the link for more information. and the revolt of the Pennsylvania Germans under John FriesFries, John,
c.1750–1818, American rebel, b. Montgomery co., Pa. After serving in the American Revolution, Fries became a traveling auctioneer. Strongly opposed to the federal property taxes levied (1798) for a possible war with France, he stirred the Pennsylvania Germans
..... Click the link for more information. . Although he initially refused to commit the Pennsylvania militia to suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion, he eventually cooperated with President Washington against the insurgents.

Bibliography

See study by K. R. Rossman (1952).

Mifflin, Thomas

(1744–1800) soldier, governor; born in Philadelphia. One of the most radical members of the First Continental Congress, he became quartermaster general of the Continental army (1775–78). After supporting a plot to replace George Washington with Gen. Horatio Gates, he disavowed it; but under criticism for his actions as quartermaster, he resigned. A Democratic-Republican in the Confederation Congress (1782–84), he attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and supported the new Constitution. He became governor of Pennsylvania (1790–99) and pursued Jeffersonian policies; reluctantly calling for action against those involved in the so-called Whiskey Rebellion (1794), he dealt leniently with its leaders.

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释义	Mifflin, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas, 1744–1800, American Revolutionary general and political leader, b. Philadelphia. Turning from business to public affairs, he was a member of the Pennsylvania provincial assembly and of the First Continental Congress. He joined the army early in the American Revolution and rose to the rank of quartermaster general. He held that post, except for a brief interruption, until 1778, when he resigned after being accused of misuse of funds. The charges were never substantiated. Dissatisfied with George Washington's conduct of the war, he became involved in the Conway CabalConway Cabal, 1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and Germantown, and Horatio Gates was flushed with success by his victory in the Saratoga campaign. ..... Click the link for more information. and tried to undermine Washington, but later he renewed his friendship with the commander in chief. Mifflin again served in the Continental Congress (1782–84) and was its president (1783–84). He was later a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787), and was governor of Pennsylvania (1790–99) during the Whiskey RebellionWhiskey Rebellion, 1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties W of the Alleghenies, caused by Alexander Hamilton's excise tax of 1791. The settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish, for whom whiskey was an important economic commodity, resented the tax as discriminatory and detrimental to ..... Click the link for more information. and the revolt of the Pennsylvania Germans under John FriesFries, John, c.1750–1818, American rebel, b. Montgomery co., Pa. After serving in the American Revolution, Fries became a traveling auctioneer. Strongly opposed to the federal property taxes levied (1798) for a possible war with France, he stirred the Pennsylvania Germans ..... Click the link for more information. . Although he initially refused to commit the Pennsylvania militia to suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion, he eventually cooperated with President Washington against the insurgents. Bibliography See study by K. R. Rossman (1952). Mifflin, Thomas (1744–1800) soldier, governor; born in Philadelphia. One of the most radical members of the First Continental Congress, he became quartermaster general of the Continental army (1775–78). After supporting a plot to replace George Washington with Gen. Horatio Gates, he disavowed it; but under criticism for his actions as quartermaster, he resigned. A Democratic-Republican in the Confederation Congress (1782–84), he attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and supported the new Constitution. He became governor of Pennsylvania (1790–99) and pursued Jeffersonian policies; reluctantly calling for action against those involved in the so-called Whiskey Rebellion (1794), he dealt leniently with its leaders.
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