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Political Leaders & Statecraft

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Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790Political Leaders & StatecraftPolymath who invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among many other creations.Alexander Hamilton 1755–1804Political Leaders & StatecraftFounding Father who established the nation's financial system and co-authored the Federalist Papers.Patrick Henry 1736–1799Political Leaders & StatecraftRevolutionary orator and Virginia leader remembered for mobilizing resistance and opposing centralized federal power.Samuel Adams 1722–1803Political Leaders & StatecraftRevolutionary organizer who helped mobilize resistance to British rule and build support for independence.John Jay 1745–1829Political Leaders & StatecraftFounding Father, diplomat, Federalist Papers co-author, and first chief justice who helped construct the early republic.John Hancock 1737–1793Political Leaders & StatecraftMerchant who presided over the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration first and largest.George Mason 1725–1792Political Leaders & StatecraftFounding-era statesman whose Virginia Declaration of Rights helped inspire the Bill of Rights.Roger Sherman 1721–1793Political Leaders & StatecraftOnly person to sign all four founding documents and author of the compromise that produced the Senate.Robert R. Livingston 1746–1813Political Leaders & StatecraftChancellor of New York who administered Washington's oath and negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.Richard Henry Lee 1732–1794Political Leaders & StatecraftVirginia delegate whose June 1776 resolution formally moved that the colonies be independent states.