Editing Thomas McKean (section)

==Almanac==
Delaware elections were held October 1, and members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. State Assemblymen had a one-year term. The whole General Assembly chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term and the State President for a three-year term. Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas were also selected by the General Assembly for the life of the person appointed. McKean served as state president only temporarily, filling the vacancy created by John McKinly's capture and resignation and awaiting the arrival of George Read.

Pennsylvania elections were held in October as well. The [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council]] was created in 1776 and counsellors were popularly elected for three-year terms. A joint ballot of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the council chose the president from among the twelve counsellors for a one-year term. The chief justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Supreme Court]] was also selected by the General Assembly and Council for the life of the person appointed.

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! colspan="8" style="background:#ccf;"| Public Offices
|-
! Office
! State
! Type
! Location
! Began office
! Ended office
! notes
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1763
|October 20, 1764
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1764
|October 21, 1765
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}
|[[Judge]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Judiciary]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|1765
|1774
|[[Delaware Court of Common Pleas|Court of Common Pleas]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New York City|New York]]
|October 7, 1765
|October 19, 1765
|[[Stamp Act Congress]]<ref>Members of the Delaware Assembly acted unofficially in selecting these delegates as the assembly was not in session.</ref> 
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 21, 1765
|October 20, 1766
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1766
|October 20, 1767
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1767
|October 20, 1768
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1768
|October 20, 1769
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1769
|October 20, 1770
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1770
|October 21, 1771
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 21, 1771
|October 20, 1772
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1772
|October 20, 1773
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1773
|October 20, 1774
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|September 5, 1774
|October 26, 1774
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1774
|October 20, 1775
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|May 10, 1775
|October 21, 1775
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1775
|June 15, 1776
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware Colony|Lower Counties]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|October 21, 1775
|November 7, 1776
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|Convention]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|August 27, 1776
|September 21, 1776
|[[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|State Constitution]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|State Representative]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 28, 1776
|September 22, 1777
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]<ref>He was elected Speaker on February 12, 1777 when John McKinly became State President</ref> 
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Chief Justice]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Judiciary]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|July 28, 1777
|December 17, 1799
|[[Pennsylvania Supreme Court|State Supreme Court]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[List of governors of Delaware|State President]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|September 22, 1777
|October 20, 1777
|Acting<ref>Speaker of the State Assembly, was third in line of succession, upon the capture of John McKinly, and in the absence of George Read.</ref> 
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[York, Pennsylvania|York]]
|December 17, 1777
|June 27, 1778
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|July 2, 1778
|January 18, 1779
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|State Representative]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|October 20, 1778
|October 20, 1779
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|January 18, 1779
|December 22, 1779
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|December 24, 1779
|February 10, 1781
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|February 10, 1781
|March 1, 1781
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[President of the Continental Congress|President]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|March 1, 1781
|November 4, 1781
|[[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]]<ref>He was elected President on July 10. 1781 and served until November 4, 1781</ref> 
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|November 5, 1781
|February 2, 1782
|[[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|February 2, 1782
|November 2, 1782
|[[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Delaware]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|November 4, 1782
|February 1, 1783
|[[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delegate (American politics)|Delegate]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|Convention]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|1789
|1790
|[[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|State Constitution]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|December 17, 1799
|December 15, 1802
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|December 15, 1802
|December 18, 1805
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Philadelphia]]
|December 18, 1805
|December 20, 1808
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! colspan="7" style="background:#ccf;"|Delaware General Assembly service
|-
! Dates
! Assembly
! Chamber
! Majority
! Governor
! Committees
! District
|-{{Party shading/Federalist}}
|1776/77
|[[Delaware General Assembly|1st]]
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|State House]]
|''non-partisan''
|[[John McKinly]]
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|[[New Castle County, Delaware|''New Castle at-large'']]
|-{{Party shading/Federalist}}
|1778/79
|[[Delaware General Assembly|3rd]]
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|State House]]
|''non-partisan''
|[[Caesar Rodney]]
|
|[[New Castle County, Delaware|''New Castle at-large'']]
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! colspan="13" style="background:#ccf;"|Election results
|-
!Year
!Office
!State
!
!Subject
!Party
!Votes
!%
!
!Opponent
!Party
!Votes
!%
|-
|[[1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|1799]]
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Thomas McKean
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |38,036
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |54%
|
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |[[James Ross (Pennsylvania congressman)|James Ross]]
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |[[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]]
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |32,641
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |46%
|-
|[[1802 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|1802]]
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |Thomas McKean
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |47,879
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |83%
|
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |[[James Ross (Pennsylvania congressman)|James Ross]]
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |[[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]]
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |9,499
|{{Party shading/Federalist}} |17%
|-
|[[1805 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|1805]]
|[[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Thomas McKean
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |43,644
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |53%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |[[Simon Snyder]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |38,438
|{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |47%
|}