- Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). He was also military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the modern Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was renowned for his toughness, … - James Monroe
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 - July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825), and the fourth Virginian to hold the office. Monroe, a close ally of Thomas Jefferson, was a diplomat who supported the French Revolution. He played a leading role in the War of 1812 as secretary of war and secretary of state under James Madison. Elected in 1816, his administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), … - Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852) was a nineteenth-century American statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He was a dominant figure in both the First Party System to 1824, and the Second Party System after that. Known as "The Great Compromiser" for his ability to bring others to agreement, he was the founder and leader of the Whig Party and a leading advocate of programs for modernizing the economy, … - William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. He served as the first Governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio. Harrison first gained national fame for leading U.S forces against American Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and earning the nickname "Tippecanoe" (or "Old Tippecanoe"). As a general in the subsequent War of 1812, … - Black Hawk
Black Hawk or Black Sparrow Hawk (Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak, "be a large black hawk") (1767-October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe in what is now the United States. While he had inherited an important historic medicine bundle, he was not a hereditary civil chief of the Sauk. He was, however, appointed a war chief, and was generally known in English as Chief Black Hawk. - John Smith
John Smith May 7, 1750 - March 5, 1836 was a United States Representative from Virginia; born at “Shooter’s Hill,” near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750; moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at “Hackwood,” near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore’s War with the Indians in 1774, the American Revolutionary War, … - Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 - May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army", he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history and most historians rate him the ablest American commander of his time. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, … - Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. Known as "Old Rough and Ready," Taylor had a 40-year military career in the U.S. Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Second Seminole War after achieving fame while leading U.S. troops to victory at several critical battles of the Mexican-American War. A Southern slaveholder who opposed the spread of slavery to the territories, … - Oliver Hazard Perry
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 - August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the War of 1812 against Britain and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. He was the son of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (December 4, 1760 - June 8, 1818) and Sarah Wallace Alexander (1764 - December 4, 1830), and his younger brother was Matthew Calbraith Perry, … - Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793-July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born in Virginia, Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor. Although a slaveowner and opponent of abolitionism, he refused, due to his unionist convictions, … - William Clark
William Clark (February 18, 1774- March 28, 1851) was a farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania. William Clark was born in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He was a captain of militia in Dauphin County in 1793 and 1795. He went to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, early in life, and was associate judge of Crawford County from 1803 to 1818. He was a brigade inspector of the western district of Pennsylvania from 1800 to 1817. - Isaac Brock
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October, 1769 - October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and administrator. Brock is best remembered as a brilliant leader and strategist for his actions while stationed in the Canadian colonies. His efforts earned him a knighthood, accolades, and the moniker "The Hero of Upper Canada". Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802, and became responsible for defending the Canadian borders from the United States during the War of 1812. - William James
William James (born in 1780- died in South Lambeth, London, on 28 May1827) was a British naval historian who wrote important naval histories the period 1793/1815. - Stephen Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812. He was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the U.S. Navy, and the first American celebrated as a national military hero who had not played a role in the American Revolution. - Charles W. Morgan
Commodore Charles W. Morgan (1790-1853) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Born in Virginia, Morgan served on the "Franklin", commanded "North Carolina" and served as the Commodore of the Mediterranean Squadron. Morgan died in Washington, D.C. He was survived by his wife, Julia. - Laura Secord
Laura Secord (née Ingersoll) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known as Canada's Paul Revere. Laura Ingersoll was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1775. Suffering the aftermath of the American Revolution, her father, Thomas Ingersoll, moved the family to the Canadas in 1795, and in 1797 she married the Loyalist James Secord, son of an officer of Butler's Rangers (the Ingersolls themselves were not Loyalists). - William Hull
William Hull (June 24, 1753-November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. He was born in Derby, Connecticut and graduated from Yale in 1772, studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut and passed the bar in 1775. At the outbreak of fighting in the American Revolution, Hull joined a local militia and was quickly promoted to captain, then to major, and to lieutenant colonel. He was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Stillwater, Saratoga, Fort Stanwix, … - James Lawrence
James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 - June 4, 1813) was an American naval hero. During the War of 1812, he commanded the USS "Chesapeake" in a single-ship action against the HMS "Shannon" (commanded by Philip Broke). He is probably best known today for his dying command "Don't give up the ship!", which is still a popular naval battle cry. - John Davis
John Davis, American jurist (b. January 25, 1761, Plymouth, Massachusetts - d. January 14 1847, Boston, Massachusetts), first received a private education, then attended and graduated from the University of Harvard (1777 - 1781). He then studied law in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1786, and began his private law practice in Plymouth. In 1788 he was selected as a delegate from Plymouth to the Massachusetts state convention, … - John Davis
John Davis (August 7, 1788-April 1, 1878) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Davis was born in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. He moved to Maryland and settled on a farm at Rock Creek Meeting House in 1795. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1812 and settled in what is now Davisville, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits. He served as a served as captain in the War of 1812. - John Allen
John Allen was an American Army officer killed in the War of 1812. Allen was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and went with his father to Kentucky in 1780. He went to school in Bardstown, Kentucky and studied law in Staunton, Virginia. He returned to Kentucky to law practice in Shelbyville from 1801 to 1807. That year he went to the Kentucky Senate, serving until his death. With the outbreak of the War of 1812, … - John Scott
John Scott (December 25, 1784 - September 22, 1850) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Scott (father of Pennsylvania Senator John Scott and 1868 candidate for Governor of Florida, George W. Scott) was born at Marsh Creek, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He moved to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, in 1806 and was engaged as tanner and shoemaker. He served as major in the War of 1812. - William Jones
William Jones (1760 - September 6, 1831) was an American politician. Jones was born in Philadelphia in 1760. Apprenticed in a shipyard, during the American War of Independence he saw combat in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and later served at sea. In the decades that followed the war he was a successful merchant in Charleston, and in Philadelphia. - Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith (July 27, 1752 - April 22, 1839) was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, as well as a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland Militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Smith moved with his family to Baltimore, Maryland in 1759. He attended a private academy, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until the American Revolutionary War, … - John Harris
Colonel John Harris (May 20, 1790 - May 12, 1864) was the sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps. Harris was born in East Whiteland, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on 23 April 1814. Two months later he was promoted to first lieutenant and, during the summer of that year, served with the forces that opposed the advance of the British on the city of Washington during the concluding days of the War of 1812. - John Harris
John Harris (September 26, 1760-November, 1824) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Harris (cousin of Robert Harris) was born at Harris Ferry, Pennsylvania (now Harrisburg). He moved to Aurelias, New York, in 1789, and operated the first ferry across Cayuga Lake. He acted as an Indian interpreter, and opened the first store and tavern in Cayuga County, New York, in 1789. He was appointed a colonel in the New York State Militia in 1806. - Jacob Brown
Jacob Jennings Brown was an American army officer in the War of 1812. Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Samuel and Abi (White) Brown. Raised a Quaker, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1790. He taught school and in 1798 moved to upstate New York. When the War of 1812 began, he was brigadier general in the New York militia. Though he opposed the war, he organized the defenses in the Great Lakes region. - Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn was an American physician, statesman and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, where he attended public schools. He studied medicine and opened a practice in Nottingham Square in 1772. When fighting in the American Revolutionary War began, … - William Miller
William Miller (1770 -- 1825) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817. Born in Warren County, North Carolina, William Miller was orphaned at the age of 22 and inherited a substantial plantation. He briefly attended the University of North Carolina in 1802, but did not complete a degree. He began practicing law in 1805 and was named North Carolina Attorney General in 1810. - Isaac Hull
Isaac Hull (March 9, 1773 - February 13, 1843), was a Commodore, in the United States Navy. Hull was born in Derby, Connecticut. Early in life he joined his mariner father, Joseph, on local voyages and longer trips to the West Indies. After his father died while still young, Isaac was adopted by his uncle William Hull, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. During the mid-1790s, the young Hull commanded several merchant vessels, losing some to French privateers. - William Charles
William Charles (1776-1820) was a Scottish-born engraver who immigrated to the United States and is now known best for his political cartoons, especially "The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP", perhaps the most widely printed illustration regarding that historic subject. He was born in Edinburgh but little is known about his early life and training. Charles had published political caricatures in Edinburgh and London before immigrating to America. - David Porter
David Porter was an officer in the United States Navy and later the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy. Born at Boston, Massachusetts, Porter served in the Quasi-War with France first as midshipman on board USS "Constellation", participating in the capture of "L’Insurgente" 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of "Experiment" and later in command of "USS Amphitheatre". - George Prevost
Sir George Prévost was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustin Prévost, he joined the military as a youth and became a British Army captain in 1784. Prevost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became lieutenant-governor of St. - Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" (March 14, 1782 - April 10, 1858), was an American Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve 5 terms. Benton was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. - Samuel Wilson
Samuel Wilson (Uncle Sam) (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer in Troy, New York. He has a good claim to being the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam." He was born in historic Menotomy, now Arlington, Massachusetts, where a monument marks his birthplace. Wilson's parents came from Greenock in Scotland and when Samuel was a boy, his family moved to Mason, New Hampshire, … - Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 - 6 November 1869) was an officer in the United States Navy. Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stewart went to sea at the age of thirteen as a cabin boy and rose through the grades to become master of a merchantman. He grew up with Captain Stephen Decatur and Richard Rush. - William Russell
William Russell (March 6, 1758-July 3, 1825) was an American soldier, pioneer, and politician from Fayette County, Kentucky. His father, also named William Russell, was a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1773, William Russell, Sr. took his family, including William Jr., westward in the first attempt by British colonists to establish a permanent settlement in Kentucky. - Thomas MacDonough
Thomas MacDonough (December 21 1783-November 10 1825) was an early 19th century American naval officer, most notably as commander of American naval forces in Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. One of the leading members of "Preble's Boys", a small group of naval officers who served during the First Barbary War, MacDonough's actions during the decisive Battle of Lake Champlain are often cited as a model of tactical preparation and execution. - William Thompson
William Thompson (June 17 1786 - January 18 1860) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Brunswick in 1786, the son of a United Empire Loyalist, and came to Grantham Township with his family in 1809. He served as captain in the local militia during the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He was taking prisoner by the Americans while on a scouting expedition. - William Hamilton
William Hamilton (??-1822) was a lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Ireland and came to Quebec City with his brother George sometime before 1807. They were originally in the business of importing goods but later became involved in the timber trade. In 1811, they took over the operation of a sawmill near the current location of Hawkesbury when the original owners were unable to repay funds paid in advance for lumber.
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