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'''Button Gwinnett''' (1735-1777) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. From [[Georgia]], he represented the state, along with fellow Georgians [[George Walton]] and [[Lyman Hall]], in the [[Continental Congress]]. After the death of Georgia [[governor]] Archibald Bulloch in 1777, Gwinnett was appointed the new governor. After a failed foray into [[British]]-controlled East [[Florida]], he was not re-elected after one term. Gwinnett was killed in a [[duel]] in 1777 with Lachlan McIntosh, a man who had been publicly criticizing Gwinnett for his failed attempt to take East Florida.
==References==
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543 Gwinnett's biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia]
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[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:Georgia Governors]]
[[Category:Signers of the Declaration of Independence]]
==References==
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543 Gwinnett's biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwinnett, Button}}
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:Georgia Governors]]
[[Category:Signers of the Declaration of Independence]]