| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| Ethan Allen |
Military |
10-Jan-1739 |
12-Feb-1789 |
Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys |
| Stephen Fuller Austin |
Politician |
3-Nov-1793 |
27-Dec-1836 |
Texan secessionist |
| Thomas Hart Benton |
Politician |
14-Mar-1782 |
10-Apr-1858 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1821-51 |
| William E. Borah |
Politician |
29-Jun-1865 |
19-Jan-1940 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40 |
| William Jennings Bryan |
Politician |
18-Mar-1860 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Prosecutor of the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Lewis Cass |
Military |
9-Oct-1782 |
17-Jun-1866 |
US Secretary of State, 1857-60 |
| Henry Clay |
Politician |
12-Apr-1777 |
29-Jun-1852 |
American statesman and orator |
| John Middleton Clayton |
Politician |
24-Jul-1796 |
9-Nov-1856 |
US Senator and Secretary of State |
| George Clinton |
Military |
26-Jul-1739 |
20-Apr-1812 |
US Vice President, 1805-12 |
| Father Damien |
Religion |
3-Jan-1840 |
15-Apr-1889 |
Attended to lepers at Molokai |
| Jefferson Davis |
Head of State |
3-Jun-1808 |
6-Dec-1889 |
President of the Confederacy |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Robert Fulton |
Inventor |
14-Nov-1765 |
24-Feb-1815 |
Inventor of the submarine and steamboat |
| James Garfield |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1831 |
19-Sep-1881 |
20th US President, 1881 |
| Nathanael Greene |
Military |
7-Aug-1742 |
19-Jun-1786 |
Highly capable Revolutionary War general |
| Ernest Gruening |
Politician |
6-Feb-1887 |
26-Jun-1974 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69 |
| Hannibal Hamlin |
Politician |
27-Aug-1809 |
4-Jul-1891 |
Lincoln's first Vice President |
| Wade Hampton |
Politician |
28-Mar-1818 |
11-Apr-1902 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1877-79 |
| John Hanson |
Politician |
3-Apr-1715 |
22-Nov-1783 |
President of the Continental Congress |
| James Harlan |
Politician |
26-Aug-1820 |
5-Oct-1899 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1855-73 |
| Sam Houston |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1793 |
26-Jul-1863 |
President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Kamehameha I |
Royalty |
c. 1758 |
8-May-1819 |
Established Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Philip Kearny |
Military |
2-Jun-1815 |
1-Sep-1862 |
US Civil War general |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
| Huey Long |
Politician |
30-Aug-1893 |
10-Sep-1935 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Pat McCarran |
Politician |
8-Aug-1876 |
28-Sep-1954 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54 |
| Oliver Perry Morton |
Politician |
4-Aug-1823 |
1-Nov-1877 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1867-77 |
| Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
| Sacagawea |
Explorer |
c. 1787 |
20-Dec-1812 |
Lewis and Clark expedition translator |
| Roger Sherman |
Politician |
19-Apr-1721 |
23-Jul-1793 |
Architect of the Connecticut Compromise |
| Edmund Kirby Smith |
Military |
16-May-1824 |
28-Mar-1893 |
Last Confederate general to surrender |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1812 |
4-Mar-1883 |
Confederate Vice President |
| Zebulon Vance |
Politician |
13-May-1830 |
14-Apr-1894 |
Governor and Senator from N. Carolina |
| Lew Wallace |
Novelist |
10-Apr-1827 |
15-Feb-1905 |
Civil War General, wrote Ben-Hur |
| George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
| Daniel Webster |
Politician |
18-Jan-1782 |
24-Oct-1852 |
The completest man |
| Roger Williams |
Religion |
c. 1604 |
1684 |
Founder of Rhode Island Colony |
| John Winthrop |
Politician |
12-Jan-1588 |
26-Mar-1649 |
Governor of Massachusetts Colony |
| Brigham Young |
Religion |
1-Jun-1801 |
29-Aug-1877 |
Second LDS prophet |
