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Button Gwinnett (1735 â May 19, 1777) was an English-born American political leader and the second governor of Georgia. Button Gwinnett was born in 1735 in Gloucestershire, England to Welsh parents. In 1762 he moved to America. As a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, Gwinnett was the second of the signatories on the United States Declaration of Independence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_Gwinnett. Button Gwinnett (1735 â May 19 or 27, 1777) was an British-born American political leader who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was the second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence.