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- He was born on 1726 in Virginia, and married his wife but after a year she passed away
-He directed young scholars in particular Thomas Jefferson, soon after still maintaining that life long friendship
-Wythe volunteered for the army but was sent to the Continental Congress but exerted little influence and signed the Declaration of Independence after the formal signing in August 1776.
- Wythe charted the course of Virginia jurisprudence after he presided over the Committee of the Whole and offered the resolution for ratification.
-Wythe resigned from teaching and after he died he emancipated his slaves in his will.

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- He served in the Continental Army, the North Carolina state government, and the Continental Congress.
- He was a member of the North Carolina convention that ratified the Constitution.
- He was expelled from the Senate in 1797 over a plan to raise forces to invade Spanish territory in Florida and Louisiana and hand the territory over to the British.
- Despite this affair, Blount went on to a successful career in the Tennessee state senate.
- William Blount was one of the five delegates that represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention in 1787

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- He sat in the assembly and the Continental Congress in 1785
- He was then elected to the U.S. Congress, where he served for 18 years
(House of Representatives, 1789-99; Senate, 1799-1807).
- He was appointed with six others in 1784 to oversee the founding of a state college, he saw his dream come true in 1798 when Franklin College was founded.
- Instead of resuming his ministerial or educational duties after the war, he turned to the study of law and in 1783 gained admittance to the bar at Fairfield, CT.
- He died after a short illness during his 53rd year in 1807, and was buried in Washington's Rock Creek Cemetery.

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-Gouverneur's brother signed the Declaration of Independence.
-He graduated from King's College in New York at the age of 16.
-Gouverneur sat on the Continental Congress.  He was one of the youngest members.
-He signed the Articles of Confederation.
-At the Constitutional Convention he gave more speeches than anyone else. He gave 173 speeches.

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- George Washington was born into the landed gentry in 1732 at Wakefield plantation.
- His education was rudimentary probably being obtained from tutors but possibly also from his private schools and he learned surveying.
- At a age of 16 in 1748, Washington joined a surveying party sent out to the Shenandoah Valley by lord Fairfax a land baron.
- Washington began his military career when the royal governor appointed him to an adjuntantshipin the militia as a major.
- In 1754 winning the rank of lieutenant colonel and then colonel in the militia Washington led a force that sought to challenge French control of the Ohio River Valley but met defeat at Fort Necessity, PA.
- Washington eventually Wed Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy widow and mother of two children.

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- George Washington was born into the landed gentry in 1732 at Wakefield plantation.
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- He attended Yale and graduated in 1741.
- Livingston chose to pursue a career in law at the latter place. After he completed his legal studies he admitted to the bar and quickly gained a reputation as the supporter of popular causes against the more conservative factions in the city.
- Livingston attacked the Anglican attempt to charter and control King's College and the dominant De Lancey party for its Anglican sympathies, and by 1758 rose to the leadership of his faction.
- In 1774 he became representative in the First Continental Congress and in 1775-76 a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. In 1776 he was elected the first governor of the state.
- During his administration, the government was organized, the war won, and New Jersey launched on her path as a sovereign state.

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-Between 1789 and 1795 he declined presidential offers to command the U.S. Army and to serve on the Supreme Court and as Secretary of War and Secretary of State.
-Pinckney engaged in legal practice, served at times in the legislature, and engaged in philanthropic activities.
-His political career began in 1769, when he was elected to the provincial assembly.
-When hostilities broke out, Pinckney, who had been a royal militia officer since 1769, pursued a full-time military calling. When South Carolina organized its forces in 1775, he joined the First South Carolina Regiment as a captain.
-Pinckney was one of the leaders at the Constitutional Convention. Present at all the sessions, he strongly advocated a powerful national government.

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- John Langdon grew up in New Hampshire without much of an education.
- He started as an apprentice with a merchant and spent time at sea learning the business.  He eventually became very wealthy after becoming a merchant himself.
-Langdon was a huge supporter of the Revolution and served as a speaker of the New Hampshire Assembly.  He also sat in the Continental Congress for the following year.
-Langdon also created a great impact in the militia by building privateers to defeat the British.  Langdon himself also took part in land wars and in command of a militia at Saratoga when the latter surrendered.
-John Langdon served as speaker for the New Hampshire legislature for four years, elected to the Continental Congress in 1783, and served as state senate in later years.

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- In 1722 he graduated from Yale and three years later he became a minister and a tutor at the college.
- He served in the continental army during the climactic years of the revolution.
- He decided to study law and in 1783 he gained admittance to the bar at Fairfield,  CT.
- In 1785 after moving to Georgia and winning legislative approval to practice his profession, he sat in the assembly and the Continental Congress, and founded the University of Georgia.
- He was elected to the U.S congress, where he served for 18 years. He served in the house of representatives from 1789-1799 and he served in the senate from 1799-1807. During his time in congress he became an opponent to hamiltonian policies and an ally to James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.

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- In 1723, when Sherman was 2 years old, his family relocated from his Newton, MA, birthplace to Dorchester. As a boy he was spurred by a desire to learn and read widely in his spare time to supplement his minimal education at a common school.
- In 1749 he married Elizabeth Hartwell, by whom he had seven children. Without benefit of a formal legal education, he was admitted to the bar in 1754 and embarked upon a distinguished judicial and political career.
- In 1761, Sherman abandoned his law practice, and moved to New Haven, CT. There, he managed two stores, one that catered to Yale students, and another in nearby Wallingford.
- Sherman was a longtime and influential member of the Continental Congress. He won membership of the committees that drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, as well as those concerned with Indian affairs, national finances, and military matters.
- Sherman concluded his career by serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, where he espoused the Federalist cause. He died at New Haven in 1793 at the age of 72 and is buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.

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- in 1765 he emigrated to North America, during the Stamp Act agitation, and there taught Greek and rhetoric in the College of Philadelphia. Then studied in law from John Dickinson.
- He got his fame from this publication in 1774 of his treatise called "Consideration on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament". He set out this scheme where the British colonies have equal dominion status.
-  1774 he became a member of the Committee of Correspondence. Then later served as a delegate to the second Continental Congress.
- He was a member of the federal Congress in 1783, 1785-1786. And helped press on for an amendment, to permit Congress to levy a general tax in the Articles of Confederation
- 1787, during the Constitutional Convention, he helped draft the U.S. Constitution, then was a leader in a fight for ratification in Philadelphia

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- He graduated from Harvard in 1777 and began a career in law. He served in the State Legislature then the Continental Congress and called for a convention at Philadelphia to draft a new Constitution.
- While serving on the Continental Congress, he introduced a resolution that would prohibit slavery in the Northwest Territory.
- King moved to New York in 1788 and was elected as one of its first US senators after a year in the state assembly.
- President Washington offered King a place in the cabinet, but he declined. Later however, he agreed to serve as an ambassador to Great Britain.
- Over his career, he strongly denounced slavery many times.

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- 1748 he had achieved financial independence and gained recognition for his philanthropy and the stimulus he provided to such civic causes as libraries, educational institutions, and hospitals.
-1757-62 and 1764-75, Franklin resided in England, originally in the capacity of agent for Pennsylvania and later for Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts
-During the Stamp Act crisis that Franklin evolved from leader of a shattered provincial party's faction to celebrated spokesman at London for American rights
-1776-79 as one of three commissioners, he directed the negotiations that led to treaties of commerce and alliance with France, where the people adulated him, but he and the other commissioners squabbled constantly
-1785 Franklin became president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

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1. He graduated from Princeton in 1776

2. He mismanaged his finances and was sued for debt

3. Both of his wives died and his son also died then he got in an entanglement with Aaron Burr’s daughter who was already married.

4. He believed in federalism but was anti-jeffersonianism

5. He became apart of the revolution to defend the states.

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Robert Morris was born at or near Liverpool, England, in 1734.

Married Mary White at the age of 35 and had five sons and two daughters.

He was key congressman which specialized in financial affairs and military procurement

Morris was reelected to the Pennsylvania legislature for 1785-86, his private ventures consumed most of his time

Robert Morris died in1806 in his 73d year and was buried in the yard of Christ Church.

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Hamilton was born in 1757 on the island of Nevis, in the Leeward group, British West Indies

Hamilton lied about his age since his father abandoned his family and his mother died; He needed a job and though being older would help.

He Founded The New York Post

He Passed the New York Bar Exam After Studying for Only Six Months

In 1787 Hamilton served in the legislature, which appointed him as a delegate to the convention.

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In 1789, he became the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Became second governor of New York state.

In 1778, he was choosen to be the president of the Continental Congress.

Jay’s Treaty helped delay another costly war between the United States and Great Britain until the War of 1812

Jay strongly fought against slavery, even buying slaves at a young age to give them freedom in adulthood.

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1. Born in Pennsylvania: Orphaned as a new born in 1740
2. Was one of the first two Continental treasurers in 1775-1776
3. In 1777, British troops marched to his house to vandalize him: his wife and kids hid in the woods during the burglary.
4.Participated at the House of Representatives from 1789-1791 (his career took him to the house the representatives)
5. Participated in a lot of activities and projects to help out his community grow such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, became the president of a bank, etc.

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1. William was born in 1748 in Pennsylvania and throughout his childhood he encountered much hardship and received minimal schooling.
2. In 1771 the Few family, associated themselves with the "Regulators", a group of frontiersmen who opposed the royal governor.
3. As a result of the Few family being associated with the "Regulators", Few's brother was hanged and the Few family farm had been destroyed.
4. Few was elected to the Georgia provincial congress of 1776 and during the ware twice served in the assembly in 1777 and 1779.
5. Few became one of his states first U.S. senators, but when his term ended he headed back home and served again in the assembly. Later on Few resigned his judgeship in 1779 at the age of 52 and moved to New York.

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1. Mifflin was born at Philadelphia in 1744 and was the son of a merchant and local politician.
2. he had helped to raise troops and in May 1775 won appointment as a major in the Continental Army, which caused him to be expelled from his Quaker faith.
3. In 1777 Mifflin attained the rank of major general but, restive at criticism of his quartermaster activities, he resigned.
4. Pressure from his creditors forced him to leave Philadelphia in 1799, and he died at Lancaster the next year, aged 56.
5. Mifflin continued in the legislature (1785-88 and 1799-1800); succeeded Franklin as president of the Supreme Executive Council (1788-90); chaired the constitutional convention (1789-90); and held the governorship (1790-99), during which time he affiliated himself with the emerging Democratic-Republican Party.

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1.James McHenry was born in Ireland in 1753.
2.He studied medicine is Philadelphia for 2 years while his father ran an important business.
3. He served in the continental army as a military surgeon and eventually was captured by the British.
4. After his capture he was released and then served alongside George Washington as a secretary.
5.He entered the Maryland senate in 1781.

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1. He attended school at Chester, PA, and Rev. Francis Alison's academy at New London, PA, and about the age of 15 he began reading with a Philadelphia lawyer.
2. He was a supporter of the Whig party and supported non importation measures and dignified protests.
3. Back in the legislative council, in 1779 he drafted the act directing Delaware congressional delegates to sign the Articles of Confederation.
4. He later led the ratification movement in Delaware, the first state to ratify.
5. He attended school at Chester, PA, and Rev. Francis Alison's academy at New London, PA, and about the age of 15 he began reading with a Philadelphia lawyer.

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1. He attended the College of William and Mary and graduated in 1762.
2. His work and writings were well-received and respected by the medical community, and his article was translated into several languages.
3. Before the end of the war the College of William and Mary appointed McClurg its professor of anatomy and medicine.
4.  In 1820 and 1821 he was president of the state medical society.
5. During George Washington's administration McClurg served on Virginia's executive council.

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1. Even though he was a slaveholder his whole life, he was active during his later years in the American Colonization Society, whose mission was the resettlement of slaves in Africa.
2. In 1798 he wrote the Virginia Resolutions, which attacked the Alien and Sedition Acts.
3. In the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789-1797, he helped frame and ensure passage of the Bill of Rights
4. He assisted in organizing the executive department and creating a system of federal taxation and along with Jefferson, they founded the Democratic-Republican Party
5. In 1780 Madison was chosen to represent Virginia in the Continental Congress  and was one of the youngest delegates.

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1. In 1773, Mason wrote his first major state paper, Extracts from the Virginia Charters
2. In 1759 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses
3.  Virginia's Declaration of Independence, which was framed by Mason served as a model for the Declaration of Independence and was the basis for the Bill of Rights.
4. Believes that the power of the federal judiciary would destroy the state judiciaries, making justice unattainable and enabling the rich to oppress and ruin the poor.
5. Mason was guided by his belief in the rule of reason and the centrality of the natural rights of man.

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-In 1779 Brearly was elected as chief justice of the New Jersey supreme court until 1789.
-He presided at the New Jersey convention that ratified the Constitution in 1788, and served as a presidential elector in 1789.
-He was appointed by George Washington as a presidential elector until 1789.
-He was one of the leading members of the Masonic Order in New Jersey, as well as state vice president of the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization of former officers of the Revolutionary War.
-Sadly, he only lived till 45 and passed away in 1790 where he was buried at St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

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-He was orphaned at the age of 8, his guardians sent him to Ireland, where he obtained an excellent education
-in 1781 Spaight left the military service to devote full time to his legislative duties
-in 1787 Spaight joined the North Carolina delegation to the Philadelphia convection
-Spaight met defeat in bids for the governorship in 1787 and the U.S. senate 2 years later
-Only 44 years old in 1802 Spaight was struck down in a duel at New Term with a political rival, Federalist John Stanly.

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-Robert Yates was an American psychologist  remembered for his work in the areas of intelligence testing and comparative psychology.
-On May 8, 1777, Yates was appointed to New York's supreme court and was its chief justice from 1790 through 1798
-In the 1780 Robert stood as a recognized leader of the Antifederalists.
-In 1789 Yates ran for governor of New York but lost the election.
-In 1821 his notes from the Constitutional Convention were published under the title Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled
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-during the Massachusetts ratifying convention, he took a leading role among the Federalists and campaigned strongly for ratification.
- Strong counted himself among the delegates who favored a strong central government.
-In 1793 he urged the government to send a mission to England and backed the resulting Jay's Treaty when it met heated opposition.
-Federalist candidate, defeated Elbridge Gerry to become Governor of Massachusetts in 1800.
-Strong opposed the war and approved the report of the Hartford Convention, a gathering of New England Federalists resentful of Jeffersonian policies.