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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Adams
Head of State
30-Oct-1735 4-Jul-1826 2nd President of the U.S.
Susan B. Anthony
Activist
15-Feb-1820 13-Mar-1906 Women's rights advocate
Thomas Hart Benton
Politician
14-Mar-1782 10-Apr-1858 US Senator from Missouri, 1821-51
John C. Calhoun
Politician
18-Mar-1782 31-Mar-1850 US Vice President, champion of the South
Salmon P. Chase
Politician
13-Jan-1808 7-May-1873 Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64
Grover Cleveland
Head of State
18-Mar-1837 24-Jun-1908 22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97
De Witt Clinton
Politician
2-Mar-1769 11-Feb-1828 Twice Governor of New York
Jefferson Davis
Head of State
3-Jun-1808 6-Dec-1889 President of the Confederacy
Stephen Decatur
Military
5-Jan-1779 22-Mar-1820 US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Edward Everett
Politician
11-Apr-1794 15-Jan-1865 Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40
Benjamin Franklin
Diplomat
17-Jan-1706 17-Apr-1790 American founding father
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Alexander Hamilton
Government
11-Jan-1757 12-Jul-1804 Primary author of The Federalist Papers
Andrew Jackson
Head of State
15-Mar-1767 8-Jun-1845 7th US President, 1829-37
Thomas Jefferson
Head of State
13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
James Madison
Head of State
16-Mar-1751 28-Jun-1836 4th US President, 1809-17
Daniel Manning
Government
16-May-1831 24-Dec-1887 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87
William L. Marcy
Politician
12-Dec-1786 4-Jul-1857 US Secretary of State, 1853-57
John Marshall
Judge
24-Sep-1755 6-Jul-1835 US Chief Justice, 1801-35
William McKinley
Head of State
29-Jan-1843 14-Sep-1901 25th US President, 1897-1901
Robert Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1734 7-May-1806 Financed the Revolutionary War
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
Sacagawea
Explorer
c. 1787 20-Dec-1812 Lewis and Clark expedition translator
William Henry Seward
Politician
16-May-1801 10-Oct-1872 Mastermind behind Seward's Folly
Edwin M. Stanton
Politician
19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Politician
11-Feb-1812 4-Mar-1883 Confederate Vice President
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
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
William Windom
Politician
10-May-1827 29-Jan-1891 US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91
Silas Wright
Politician
24-May-1795 27-Aug-1847 US Senator from New York, 1833-44




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