He replaced James Bowdoin as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which elected him its fourth president, and was later replaced by Bowdoin himself in a different role.
This man once responded to a letter from Nathan Tyler warning him of a group of citizens disrupting a public sale by issuing a warrant to the Worcester Sheriff to put down riots in Uxbridge. He was succeeded in one position by the incredibly prolific slave trader Henry Laurens. In one instance, he bluffed William Dalrymple into withdrawing two regiments to Castle William after asserting that he had ten thousand troops ready to march. A month after avoiding charges for kicking two tidesmen off of the Lydia, this man was accused of illicitly offloading 75 pipes of Madeira wine without paying duties on them, which resulted in the HMS Romney seizing his sloop Liberty. He replaced James Bowdoin as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which elected him its fourth president, and was later replaced by Bowdoin himself in a different role. For 10 points, identify this first Governor of Massachusetts, a man also known for his gigantic signature.
This man once responded to a letter from Nathan Tyler warning him of a group of citizens disrupting a public sale by issuing a warrant to the Worcester Sheriff to put down riots in Uxbridge.
John Hancock