Elias Boudinot ( i-LY-?s boo-DIN-ot; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783.
He was elected as a U.S.
Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War.
He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805.