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Button Gwinnett
Button Gwinnett
(1735 – May 19, 1777) was a
British
-born American political leader who, as a representative of
Georgia
to the
Continental Congress
, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the
United States Declaration of Independence
. He was also, briefly, the provisional
president
of Georgia in 1777, and
Gwinnett County
(now a major
suburb
of
metropolitan Atlanta
) was named for him. Gwinnett was killed in a duel by a rival,
Lachlan McIntosh
, following a dispute after a failed invasion of
East Florida
.
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