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51 famous people found
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Elisabeth MONROE
Wife of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States
1768 - 1830 -
Betsy ROSS
Widely credited with making the first American flag
1752 - 1836 -
Martha WASHINGTON
Wife of George Washington, first First Lady of the United States
1731 - 1802 -
Harrison Gray OTIS
American businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists
1765 - 1848 -
Abigail ADAMS
Wife of John Adams and first Second Lady of the United States
1744 - 1818 -
Reuben H. WALWORTH
American lawyer and politician, he was the last Chancellor of New York
1788 - 1867 -
Martin D. HARDIN
American politician and lawyer from Kentucky
1780 - 1823 -
Abel P. UPSHUR
American lawyer, judge and politician from Virginia
1790 - 1844 -
Mary WILLING CLYMER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, socialite during the time when that city was the capital of the United States
1770 - 1852 -
Walter LIVINGSTON
American merchant, lawyer and politician
1740 - 1797 -
Martha JEFFERSON
Wife of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States
1748 - 1782 -
Benjamin CHEW
Fifth-generation American, Quaker-born legal scholar, prominent and successful Philadelphia lawyer
1722 - 1810 -
John VINING
American lawyer and politician
1758 - 1802 -
Nathaniel RAMSEY
American lawyer and soldier
1741 - 1817 -
David KENNISON
Last known survivor of the Boston Tea Party
1736 - 1852 -
Louisa ADAMS
Wife of John Quincy Adams, First Lady of the United States
1775 - 1852 -
Hannah VAN BUREN
wife of the eighth United States President, Martin Van Buren
1783 - 1819 -
Moses Yale Beach
American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who founded the Associated Press
1800 - 1868 -
Abbott Lawrence
American businessman, politician, and philanthropist
1792 - 1855 -
Margaret Taylor
First lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850 as the wife of President Zachary Taylor
1788 - 1852