1. Yvette Clarke (1964)

American Politician

Democratic Representative from New York who served the 11th District from 2007 to 2013. He was elected to represent the 9th District in 2013.

2. John Ashcroft (1942)

American Politician

U.S. Attorney General between 2001 and 2005 under President George W. Bush during the war on terror. He also represented Missouri in the US Senate from 1994 to 2001 and has written...

3. Oliver Wolcott (1726)

American Politician

Federalist politician who signed the Declaration of Independence. He was also the nineteenth Governor of Connecticut from 1796 to 1797.

4. Richard Bland (1710)

American Politician

American planter and statesman from Virginia who, between 1774 and 1775, was a member of the Continental Congress.

5. Daniel Carroll (1730)

American Politician

American Founding Father, planter and politician who signed both the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He was a strong advocate for the idea of a government that...

6. Caesar Rodney (1728)

American Politician

After serving in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, this Delaware-born attorney joined the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. In addition, during the...

7. Peyton Randolph (1721)

American Politician

American politician who served as the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Previously, he served as the Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1766 to 1775.

8. John McKinly (1721)

American Politician

Member of the Federalist Party who became the first elected President of Delaware in 1777. He also served in the Delaware General Assembly.

9. Thomas McKean (1734)

American Politician

The 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1808 who also served as the President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. He was a member of both the Federalist...

10. John Hanson (1721)

American Politician

American politician who worked as a merchant and public official from Maryland during the American Revolution. He was the president of the continental congress from 1781 to 1782.

11. Roger Sherman (1721)

American Politician

Connecticut Senator from 1791 to 1793. He was one of the Founding Fathers and famously served on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. He was the only person...

12. Dawn Gibbons (1954)

American Politician

Former wife of former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons. She debuted her talk radio show, The Dawn Gibbons Show in 2010.

13. Hugh Williamson (1735)

American Politician

American politician who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention. In Illinois and Tennessee there are counties names after him.

14. Benjamin Harrison V (1726)

American Politician

Notable as one of the United States' Founding Fathers, Harrison served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and to hold office...

15. Stephen Heard (1740)

American Politician

Governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781 who fought in the French and Indian War, along with the American Revolutionary War.

16. Patrick Henry (1736)

American Politician

U.S. Founding Father who served as post-colonial Governor of Virginia and famously said "Give me liberty or give me death!" He opposed signing the US Constitution. 

17. Joshua Clayton (1744)

American Politician

Federalist politician who served as Governor of Delaware from 1793 to 1796. He also served the state as a U.S. Senator in 1798 and in it's General Assembly.

18. Thomas Mifflin (1744)

American Politician

The first Governor of Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1799 who was also President of the Continental Congress and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

19. George Clymer (1739)

American Politician

American politician and founding father who was one of the first Patriots to advocate for complete independence from Britain.

20. Philemon Dickinson (1739)

American Politician

Politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senator for New Jersey from 1790 to 1793. He was considered one of the most important officers of the American Revolutionary...

21. Nathanael Greene (1742)

American Politician

American Revolutionary War hero who rose from the lowest ranks of the Continental Army to become George Washington's most trusted officer.

22. William Few (1748)

American Politician

Founding Father of the United States who represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention. He was one of the first United States Senators from Georgia, a post...

23. John Sevier (1745)

American Politician

Frontiersman who was one of the founders, and the first governor, of the state of Tennessee. He also served in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1815.

24. Edward Rutledge (1749)

American Politician

American politician who served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina from 1798 until his death in 1800. He was the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

25. William Hull (1753)

American Politician

American politician who served as the first governor of Michigan from 1805 to 1813. As a soldier, he fought in the American Revolution and was a general in the War...

26. Rufus King (1755)

American Politician

Lawyer and statesman who was a party to the Constitutional Convention and signed the Constitution. He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1813 to 1825.

27. Matthew Lyon (1749)

American Politician

American Revolutionary War veteran who served as a Representative for Vermont from 1797 to 1801. He also represented the state of Kentucky from 1803 to 1811.

28. Aaron Burr (1756)

American Politician

Third Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805 who was one of the first Senators from New York. He infamously killed his rival, Alexander Hamilton, in a...

29. Noah Webster (1758)

American Politician

Writer responsible for the first American Dictionary of the English Language. The popular dictionary, first published in 1828, was later renamed the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

30. Samuel Hammond (1757)

American Politician

American politician who was a lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War and the governor and leader in the Louisiana and Missouri Territories. He also served as a United States...

31. Elizabeth Monroe (1768)

American Politician

Wife of the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825. She became friends with Napoleon Bonaparte's family...

32. Samuel Paynter (1768)

American Politician

A member of the Federalist Party who served as Governor of Delaware from 1824 to 1827, and was in the Delaware General Assembly.

33. Samuel Earle (1760)

American Politician

Republican politician who represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797. He was also notably a delegate at the SC Constitutional Convention.

34. DeWitt Clinton (1769)

American Politician

Politician who served as 6th Governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and was re-elected to serve as 8th Governor of New York from 1825 to 1828. He had...

35. Outerbridge Horsey (1777)

American Politician

Member of the Federalist Party who served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1810 to 1821. He also served in the Delaware General Assembly.

36. Henry Clay (1777)

American Politician

Politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the US Senate and House of Representatives. He ran for President of the United States in 1824, 1832 and 1844 and...

37. Ninian Edwards (1775)

American Politician

Governor of the Illinois territory from 1826 to 1830. He was also one of its first two state senators, and the territory's third governor from 1809 to 1818.

38. Hugh Lawson White (1773)

American Politician

Andrew Jackson's political colleague who succeeded him as a senator from Tennessee, an office he served from 1825 to 1840. He notably led efforts in the Senate to pass the...

39. Timothy Fuller (1778)

American Politician

Representative from Massachusetts from 1817 to 1824 who left a very influential family legacy. He spent his time in Congress advocating on behalf of the Seminole Indians.

40. David Hazzard (1781)

American Politician

Democratic-Republican and Whig member who served as Governor of Delaware from 1830 to 1833. He was also the Associate Justice on the Delaware Superior Court.

41. Arnold Naudain (1790)

American Politician

A member of the Whig Party who was the U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1830 to 1836 and who also served in the Delaware General Assembly.

42. Louis McLane (1786)

American Politician

Member of the Federalist Party and Democratic Party who served in many different political positions in Delaware. He was also notably the 12th United States Secretary of State under President...

43. Davy Crockett (1786)

American Politician

Tennessee woodsman known as the "King of the Wild Frontier" who was elected to Congress and died while fighting at the Alamo.

44. William R. King (1786)

American Politician

American Democratic politician who served as 13th Vice President of the United States. He was only in office for six weeks before he passed away.

45. George Bryan Porter (1791)

American Politician

American Democratic politician who served as Governor of the Michigan Territory from 1831 until his death in 1834. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

46. George M. Dallas (1792)

American Politician

Mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 who was the eleventh Vice President of the United States from 1845 to 1849, under President James K. Polk. He was also a US...

47. Thaddeus Stevens (1792)

American Politician

American politician who was a Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1853 and then again from 1859 to 1868. He was one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction...

48. Charles Bent (1799)

American Politician

In late 1846, Bent became the New Mexico Territory's first governor. A few months later, he lost his life in the Taos Revolt of 1847.

49. Eli Perry (1799)

American Politician

Nineteenth-century Democratic politician who represented the 14th and 15th congressional districts of New York in the United States House of Representatives.

50. Nathan Clifford (1803)

American Politician

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1858 to 1881.