The Versatile Patriot

Brother Thomas McKean was the only member of the Continental congress who served from the time it opened until the end of the American Revolution (1774-89).  He was the second president of that body in 1781, earning him the designation by some standards as the "second President of the United States."  In 1777, he added to those responsibilities by serving as both President of Delaware and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania supreme court.  He signed the Declaration of Independence but... oops... a printer's error left his name off the document distributed to the public.  Amazingly, in 1776, this versatile patriot wrote the constitution of the state of Delaware in a single night!