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Boudinot, Elias (sh)




born May 2, 1740, Philadelphia, Pa.
died Oct. 24, 1821, Burlington, N.J., U.S.

U.S. public official.

He became a lawyer in 1760. Though a conservative Whig, he supported the American Revolution. He was president of the Continental Congress in 1782-83 and later served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-95) and as director of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia (1795-1805).