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453 famous people found
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Daniel WALDO
American clergyman, Chaplain of the House of Representatives
1762 - 1864 -
Reuben H. WALWORTH
American lawyer and politician, he was the last Chancellor of New York
1788 - 1867 -
Benjamin HARDIN
Secretary of State of Kentucky
1784 - 1852 -
Martin D. HARDIN
American politician and lawyer from Kentucky
1780 - 1823 -
John ADAIR
American pioneer, soldier, and politician, he was the eighth Governor of Kentucky
1757 - 1840 -
Rufus P. SPALDING
American politician, lawyer and judge from Ohio
1798 - 1886 -
Jeremiah EVARTS
Christian missionary, reformer, and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States
1781 - 1831 -
Abel P. UPSHUR
American lawyer, judge and politician from Virginia
1790 - 1844 -
Joseph DESHA
9th Governor of Kentucky
1768 - 1842 -
Zebulon PIKE
American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named
1779 - 1813 -
Robert R. LIVINGSTON
American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States
1746 - 1813 -
Sylvanus THAYER
Also known as "the Father of West Point", he was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point
1785 - 1872 -
Peter GANSEVOORT
Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
1749 - 1812 -
Persifor Frazer SMITH
U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state
1798 - 1858 -
Thomas WILLING
American merchant, a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania and the first president of the First National Bank of the United States
1731 - 1821 -
William BINGHAM
American statesman, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
1752 - 1804 -
Mary WILLING CLYMER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, socialite during the time when that city was the capital of the United States
1770 - 1852 -
William EUSTIS
American physician, politician, and statesman
1753 - 1825 -
Henry W. LIVINGSTON
United States Representative from the state of New York
1768 - 1810 -
Walter LIVINGSTON
American merchant, lawyer and politician
1740 - 1797