Before entering politics, this minister's son clerked for his uncle and his inheritance placed him at the head of Massachusetts' largest merchant company. He owned a ship named Liberty that was suspected of shipping contraband goods. Although he died as Governor of Massachusetts, he was also a President of the Continental Congress. Despite his presidential ambitions, he only received 4 electoral votes in the election of 1789, and he didn't run again. FTP, name this man, 
Before entering politics, this minister's son clerked for his uncle and his inheritance placed him at the head of Massachusetts' largest merchant company. He owned a ship named Liberty that was suspected of shipping contraband goods. Although he died as Governor of Massachusetts, he was also a President of the Continental Congress. Despite his presidential ambitions, he only received 4 electoral votes in the election of 1789, and he didn't run again. FTP, name this man, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.          |
Before entering politics, this minister's son clerked for his uncle and his inheritance placed him at the head of Massachusetts' largest merchant company.
John {Hancock}