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==Death==
On May 22, 1778,<ref name="ANB" /> with the Council still in Lancaster, Wharton died in Lancaster at the age of 42 or 43. Vice-President [[George Bryan]] assumed the duties of the presidency upon Wharton's death. Wharton was given an elaborate funeral with full military honors, in accordance with his position as commander in chief of the State's forces, and was buried within the walls of [[Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)|Evangelical Trinity Church]] in Lancaster.<ref name=graveyard>[http://politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard] page for surname [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wharton.html Wharton], accessed April 29, 2007.</ref> At the time of his death, Thomas Wharton Jr. was survived by at least three sons.<ref name=minutes>''Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the Revolution. [
A Commonwealth of Pennsylvania historical marker at Trinity Church commemorates both Wharton and Pennsylvania Governor [[Thomas Mifflin]], the first and last Governors and Presidents of Pennsylvania under the 1776 State Constitution. The marker was dedicated in 1975 and is located on Duke Street in Lancaster.<ref name=marker>Pennsylvania State Historical Marker for [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/DOH/descriptresults.asp?secid=31&markertext=thomas+wharton&markertextsubmit=Search+by+Keywords Thomas Wharton]</ref> The text of the marker reads:
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