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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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