General Ulysses S. Grant
(1822-1885) Eighteenth president of the Unites states1869-1876 and Civil war general for the Union.
John Caldwell Calhoun
(1782-1850) Vice-president of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson from 1825-1832
Peyton Randolph
(1721-1775) Lawyer and statesman who was appointed first president of the first Continental Congress
Samuel Smith
(1772-1845) Editor of two early newspapers covering congressional activities and backing President Thomas…
Joseph Reed
(1741-1785) Pennsylvania statesman who served as president of the Continental Congress 1777-1778. Reed…
Thomas Francis Bayard
(1885-1889) Secretary of the State to President Cleveland and ambassador to Great Britain
Aaron Burr
(1756-1836) New Your State Attorney General, US Senator from New York, American vice-president 1801…
M. Francoismsadi Carnot
Carnot was a French statesman. He was born at Limoges in 1837. Entering politics, he became a leader…
Sir Humphrey Davy
(1778-1829) British chemist who discovered the anesthetic use of laughing gas, discovered many elements…
Porfirio Diaz
(1830-1915) President of Mexico from1876-80 and 1884-1911. He fought against the French occupation of…
Charles W. Eliot
(1834-1926) Educator who became president of Harvard and presided over a period of great growth which…
F. F. Faure
(1841--) French statesman and president 1859-1899 that took part in the Franco Prussian war
