John Hancock, during and before becoming a delegate was a well-to-do smuggler.
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John Hancock served as the President of the Second Continental Congress, and was sent to the Congress by the state of Massachusetts as a delegate.
John Hancock (1737-1793) was president of the Second Continental Congress and therefore the first delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence. Today, when Americans say they are putting their "John Hancock" on something, they mean they are signing a document.
When John Hancock's chief executive officer retired in 1996, D'Alessandro took on the title, becoming John Hancock Financial Services' youngest CEO
He was president for a bit before washington
john Hancock signed the declaration on July 4,1776!
John Hancock was president of the Continental Congress from May 1775 to October 1777. He voted for, and was the first delegate to sign, the Declaration of Independence. In 1788, he was elected president of the Massachusetts State Convention to ratify the new Federal Constitution.[above courtesy of Answers.com]
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He was president for a bit before washington
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