Template:John Hancock From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia vteJohn Hancock 1st and 3rd Governor of Massachusetts, 1780–1785, 1787–1793 President, Second Continental Congress, 1775–1777, 1785-1786 Boston Board of Selectmen, 1766–1775United StatesFounding events HMS Liberty confiscation Sons of Liberty Co-inspired, Boston Tea Party 1774 Massacre Day speech President, Massachusetts Provincial Congress Chairman, Massachusetts Committee of Safety Presided over, signed, United States Declaration of Independence (signing Dunlap broadside) Signed, Articles of Confederation 1788 Massachusetts Compromise Life Early life Hancock–Clarke House Hancock Manor Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Boston Cadets Co-founder, American Academy of Arts and Sciences United States presidential election, 1788–89 Granary Burying Ground Related American Revolution patriots Founding Father Syng inkstand Legacy 1776 (1969 musical, 1972 film) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) USS Hancock, 1775 USS Hancock, 1776 USS John Hancock (1850) USS Hancock (1944) USS John Hancock (1977) John Hancock Center John Hancock Tower Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Family Dorothy Quincy (wife) John Hancock Jr. (father) Thomas Hancock (uncle) John Hancock Sr. (grandfather) Edmund Quincy (father-in-law)