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- 1From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-born journalist and Revolutionary propagandist. His writings convinced many American colonists of the need for independence. Thomas Paine came to America...
- 2From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) was an American Revolutionary soldier before becoming secretary of war and then secretary of state under President Washington. Timothy Pickering was born in Salem,...
- 3From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY James Madison (1751-1836), the fourth president of the United States, was one of the principal founders of America's republican form of government. James Madison lived all his life in the county...
- 4From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826) played a major role in the colonial movement toward independence. He wrote the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 and served as a...
- 5From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Alexander McGillivray (ca. 1759-1793) was the American Indian chief of the Creek nation during the period of Spanish and American rivalries for Florida. Alexander McGillivray lived until the age...
- 6From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), American statesman and diplomat, was one of the important authors of the U.S. Constitution. Gouverneur Morris was born on Jan. 31, 1752, in his family's manor...
- 7From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY American politician William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) was a leader of the Old Republican wing of the Jeffersonian-Republican party. William H. Crawford was born in western Virginia on Feb. 24,...
- 8From:Encyclopedia of North American IndiansByline: Donald L. Fixico, Seminole, Creek, Shawnee, Sac and Fox Western Michigan University Between the arrival of Columbus and the end of the nineteenth century, warfare was a major part of Indian-white relations,...
- 9From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The American patriot and statesman George Clinton (1739-1812) was the governor of New York for 21 years and vice president of the United States for two terms. George Clinton's father, Charles,...
- 10From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1745-1825), American statesman, was a patriot leader and an emissary to France. He was twice the Federalist nominee for president. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was...
- 11From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), American politician and diplomat, was a leading figure in South Carolina politics during the early years of the republic. Charles Pinckney was born on Oct. 26,...
- 12From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Cornplanter (1732-1836) was a leading warrior and village leader among the Seneca, one of six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. He earned his role as leader largely through military command and...
- 13From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Samuel McIntire (1757-1811), American builder and furniture maker, was the most representative craftsman in New England in the late 18th century. Samuel McIntire was born in Salem, Mass., and...
- 14From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth president of the United States, a founder of the Jeffersonian Republican party and a major agent in acquiring Louisiana and Florida, authored the celebrated American...
- 15From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY As the fourth chief justice of the United States, John Marshall (1755-1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. Perhaps more than any other...
- 16From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Dolly Payne Madison (1768-1849) was highly respected by some of history's greatest politicians during an age when it was considered appropriate for women to be seen and not heard, and was accepted...