What is Button Gwinnett?
{{Infobox Governor |name =Button Gwinnett |image =Button Gwinnett.png |order =2nd |office =Governor of Georgia |term_start =March 4, 1777 |term_end =May 8, 1777 |lieutenant = |predecessor =[[Archibald Bulloch]] |successor =[[John A. Treutlen]] |birth_date =April 10, 1735 |birth_place =[[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] |death_date =May 19, 1777 |death_place =near [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |nationality = English-American |party = |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = Button Gwinnett signature.png |website = |footnotes = }} '''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 (U.S. state)|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. {{USDecOfIndSig}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gwinnett, Button}} [[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]]