United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181777-03-04Appointment of Button Gwinnett as President and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Georgia by the Council of Safety.Gwinnett was appointed President by a quorom of the Council of Safety on March 4, 1777 while the legislature was in recess, ten days after the death of President Archibald Bulloch. The appointment was recorded the same day, March 4th, two days after the Declaration of Independence, which Gwinnett signed as one of Georgia's representatives, was recorded in Georgia's official records. Gwinnett's tenure as president was brief. The legislature convened under the new state constitution which went into effect on May 1st chose John Adam Treutlen as governor on May 8th. Gwinnett died on May 19th, three days after fighting a duel with Lachlan McIntosh.image/jpegahc00883enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Ad Hoc CollectionCommissions, State Officers Appointments, Assembly, Colony of Georgia, RG 49-1-10, Georgia ArchivesGeorgia. Provincial CongressGeorgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Gwinnett, Button, Appointment as President and Commander-in-Chief of the State of GeorgiaText