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Think You Know HAMILTON‘s Founding Fathers?
As the nation moves toward Election Day (Nov 5, 2024) and the City of Denver hosts the third engagement of Hamilton (Oct 16-Nov 24, 2024), explore an extremely abbreviated “social card” for the country’s Founding Fathers: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and Benjamin Franklin.
George Washington
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💼 First President of the United States of America
💼 Commander of the Continental Army
💼 President of the Constitutional Convention
💼 Farmer
🎓 Studied at the school of life with no formal education past 15.
🏠 Lived in Mount Vernon, Virginia
📍 From Popes Creek, Virginia
❤️ Married to Martha Washington
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States (1789 to 1797).
John Adams
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💼 Second President of the United States of America
💼 Delegate to First and Second Continental Congress
🎓 Studied law at Harvard University
🏠 Lived in the newly completed White House
📍 From North Precinct of Braintree, Massachusetts
❤️ Married to Abigail Adams
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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President of the United States of America (1789 to 1797) and, subsequently, second President of the nation (1797 to 1801). Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
Thomas Jefferson
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💼 Third President of the United States of America
💼 Author of the Declaration of Independence
🎓 Studied philosophy at the College of William and Mary
🏠 Lived in Monticello
📍 From Shadwell Plantation in Ablemarle Co., Virginia
❤️ Married to Martha Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826), a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
James Madison
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💼 Fourth President of the United States of America
💼 Secretary of State of the United States of America
💼 Co-author of The Federalist Papers
💼 Founder of the Democratic-Republican Party
💼 Father of the Constitution
🎓 Studied classical languages, math, rhetoric, geography and philosophy at College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
🏠 Lived in Montpelier Station, Virginia
📍 From Port Conway, Virginia
❤️ Married to Dolley Todd Madison
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James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) and one of its Founding Fathers. At the Constitutional Convention, he influenced the planning and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and collaborated with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay the publication of The Federalist Papers. As a member of the new House of Representatives, he sponsored the Bill of Rights and served as Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809). In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Alexander Hamilton
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💼 Secretary of Treasury of United States of America
💼 Representative of New York to Congress of the Confederation
💼 Co-author of The Federalist Papers
💼 Lawyer
🎓 Studied math at King’s College (now Columbia University)
🏠 Lived in Hamilton Heights (now Harlem), New York
📍 From Charlestown on the British island of Nevis
❤️ Married to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
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Born and raised in the West Indies, Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1757 – July 12, 1804) was orphaned in his early teens. He became a Founding Father of the United States, soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War, congressman, scholar, economist, lawyer, and co-author of The Federalist Papers. He helped draft the Constitution, served as the first Secretary of the Treasury, and was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.
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💼 First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
💼 Negotiator of the Jay Treaty of 1794
💼 Member of the New York Committee of Correspondence
💼 Co-author of The Federalist Papers
💼 Lawyer
🎓 Studied law at King’s College (now Columbia University)
🏠 Lived in Katonah, New York
📍 From New York, New York
❤️ Married to Sarah Livingston Jay
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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was a Founding Father of the United States, an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris, which settled major grievances with Great Britain and promoted commercial prosperity. He served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1789-1795) and as the second governor of New York (1975-1801). He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788.
Benjamin Franklin
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💼 First Postmaster General of the United States of America
💼 Founder of The Library Company
💼 Proved lightning is electricity with The Kite Experiment
💼 Inventor of the Franklin Stove, bifocal glasses, and lightning rod
🎓 Studied the school of life with no formal education past 10.
🏠 Lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
📍 From Boston, Massachusetts
❤️ Married by common-law to Deborah Read
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Benjamin Franklin (October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788) was America’s scientist, inventor, politician, philanthropist and business man. He is best known as the only Founding Father who signed all three documents that freed America from Britain. Franklin is credited with drafting the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. He also negotiated the Treaty of Paris which ended the Independence War against Britain.
