Chester County and its people .. . east prefigured. In this first Congress Chester County wasrepresented by John Morton, who resided in what is now DelawareCounty, and who afterward signed the Declaration of Indepen-dence. In the second Congress, usually known in history as the FirstContinental Congress, which met September 5, 1774, in Carpen-ters Hall, Philadelphia, Chester County was represented by JohnMorton and Charles Humphreys, and eight of the fifty-five mem-bers were from Pennsylvania. In the next Continental Congress,usually known as the Second, Chester County was represented bythe sa
Chester County and its people .. . east prefigured. In this first Congress Chester County wasrepresented by John Morton, who resided in what is now DelawareCounty, and who afterward signed the Declaration of Indepen-dence. In the second Congress, usually known in history as the FirstContinental Congress, which met September 5, 1774, in Carpen-ters Hall, Philadelphia, Chester County was represented by JohnMorton and Charles Humphreys, and eight of the fifty-five mem-bers were from Pennsylvania. In the next Continental Congress,usually known as the Second, Chester County was represented bythe same two membei-s, and this was also the case in the nextCongress, which met in 1776. In this Congress, when the vote wastaken on the adoption of the Declaration, John Morton voted in itsfavor, and Charles Humphreys against it. Only two other mem-bers from Pennsylvania voted against the Declaration, John Dick-inson, its ablest opponent, Thomas Willing of Philadelphia County,and these three gentlemen were succeeded in the Congress by. AND ITS PEOPLE. 445 Colonels George Ross and James Smith, Dr. Benjamin Rush,George Clymer, and George Taylor, all of whom signed the Declara-tion of Independence as they had opportunity. Chester County was represented in Congress from 1777 to 1779by William Clingan of West Cain Township, and in 1784 and 1785by Dr. Joseph Gardner, who resided near Sadsburyville. Previousto the adoption of the Constitution of the United States membersof Congress were elected by the legislatures of the several states,and at the first election for members of Congress held under thatConstitution they were elected on a general ticket, the votes castin Chester County for delegates to the fiist Congress under the Con-stitution being ai5 follows: Henry Wynkoop, 901; Thomas Haitley,903; Frederick A. Muhlenberg, 901; Thomas Fitzsimmons, 900;John Allison, 896; Thomas Scott, 895; George Clymer, 890; StephenChambers, 890. When the State was divided into congressional districts bya
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