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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Wharton, Jr.
| image = Thomas Wharton (1735 - 1778), by Charles Willson Peale (1741 - 1827).jpg
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| title = 1st [[List of governors of Pennsylvania|
| vicepresident = [[George Bryan]]
| term_start = March 5, 1777
| term_end = May 22, 1778
| predecessor = [[John Penn (governor)|John Penn]] (as [[List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania|Governor of Pennsylvania]])
| successor = [[George Bryan]]
| birth_date
| birth_place = [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], [[Province of Pennsylvania]], [[British America]]
| death_date = {{death date and given age|1778|5|22|42–43}}
| death_place = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| party =
| residence = "Twickenham," [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]
| nationality = American
| profession = [[Merchant]]
| signature = Signature of Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735–1778).png
}}
'''Thomas Wharton Jr.''' (1735{{spnd}}May 22, 1778) was a Pennsylvania merchant and politician of the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary]] era. He served as the first [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania#Presidents of Council|President of Pennsylvania]] (an office akin to [[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]]) following the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] from [[Great Britain]] and he started the history of the United States of America.
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