Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett (baptized: April 10, 1735 – May 19, 1777), was second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. He was also briefly the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metro Atlanta) was named after him.

Category:1735 births
Category:1777 deaths
Category:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Category:Politicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:People from Gloucestershire