Birthdays of People in American History

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This calendar contains the birthdays of people in American History. Presidents First Ladies Vice Presidents and Signers of the Declaration of Independence are currently included with more people expected to be added in the future. You can also visit the website AmericanHistoryCalendar.com to customize the subscription link and subscribe to specific groups of people (for example Presidents and First Ladies only).

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Betsy Ross

Born January 1, 1752Has been attributed with sewing the fir
st American flag with stars representing the original 13 colonies.

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From:: 01-01-2008
Until:: 01-01-2008
Location:: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grace Coolidge

Born January 3, 1879Wife of President Calvin CoolidgeAm
ericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 03-01-2008
Until:: 03-01-2008
Location:: Burlington, Vermont

Walter Mondale

Born January 5, 1928Forty-second Vice President under Jimmy
Carter

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From:: 05-01-2008
Until:: 05-01-2008
Location:: Ceylon, Minnesota

Millard Fillmore

Born January 7, 1800Thirteenth President (1850-1853)Vice
President under Zacharay Taylor

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From:: 07-01-2008
Until:: 07-01-2008
Location:: Cayuga County, New York

Richard M. Nixon

Born January 9, 1913Thirty-Seventh President (1969-1974)T
hirty-Sixth President under Dwight Eisenhower

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From:: 09-01-2008
Until:: 09-01-2008
Location:: Yorba Linda, California

John Hancock

Born January 12, 1737 Representing Massachusetts at the Con
tinental Congress

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From:: 12-01-2008
Until:: 12-01-2008
Location:: Braintree, Massachusetts

Benedict Arnold

Born January 14, 1741Arnold originally fought for American
independence, then unsuccessfully plotted to surrender the American Fort at West Point to the British. He escaped and later received a commission in the British army.

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From:: 14-01-2008
Until:: 14-01-2008
Location:: Norwich, Connecticut

William Whipple

Born January 14, 1730 Representing New Hampshire at the Con
tinental Congress

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From:: 14-01-2008
Until:: 14-01-2008
Location:: Kittery, Maine

Philip Livingston

Born January 15, 1716Representing New York at the Continent
al Congress

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From:: 15-01-2008
Until:: 15-01-2008
Location:: Albany, New York

John C. Breckinridge

Born January 16, 1821Vice President under James Buchanan\
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From:: 16-01-2008
Until:: 16-01-2008
Location:: Lexington, Kentucky

Benjamin Franklin

Born January 17, 1706 Representing Pennsylvania at the Cont
inental Congress

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From:: 17-01-2008
Until:: 17-01-2008
Location:: Boston, Massachusetts

Daniel Webster

Born January 18, 1782Senator from MassachusettsSecretary
of State under Presidents Harrison, Tyler and Fillmore
Webster's "Seventh of March" speech in defense of the 1850 Compromise helped delay the Civil War.

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From:: 18-01-2008
Until:: 18-01-2008
Location:: Franklin, New Hampshire

Robert E. Lee

Born January 19, 1807General for the south during the Civil
War.

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From:: 19-01-2008
Until:: 19-01-2008
Location:: Westmoreland County, Virginia

Richard Henry Lee

Born: January 20, 1732 Representing Virginia at the Contine
ntal Congress

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From:: 20-01-2008
Until:: 20-01-2008
Location:: Westmoreland County, Virginia

Robert Morris

Born January 20, 1734 Representing Pennsylvania at the Cont
inental Congress

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From:: 20-01-2008
Until:: 20-01-2008
Location:: Lancashire, England

Stonewall Jackson

Jonathan \"Stonewall\" Jackson was born on January 21, 1824
General for the south during the civil war

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From:: 21-01-2008
Until:: 21-01-2008
Location:: Clarksburg, West Virginia

Joseph Hewes

Born: January 23, 1730 Representing North Carolina at the C
ontinental Congress

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From:: 23-01-2008
Until:: 23-01-2008
Location:: Princeon, New Jersey

Charles Curtis

Born January 25, 1860Thirty-First Vice President under Herb
ert Hoover

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From:: 25-01-2008
Until:: 25-01-2008
Location:: Topeka, Kansas

Julia Grant

Born January 26, 1826Wife to President Ulysses S. Grant.\
nAmericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 26-01-2008
Until:: 26-01-2008
Location:: St. Lois, Missouri

William McKinley

Born: January 29, 1843Twenty-Fifth President (1897-1901)\
nAmericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 29-01-2008
Until:: 29-01-2008
Location:: Niles, Ohio

Richard Cheney

Born January 30, 1941Forty-sixth Vice President under Geor
ge W. Bush

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From:: 30-01-2008
Until:: 30-01-2008
Location:: Lincoln, Nebraska

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Born January 30, 1882Thirty-Second President (1933-1945)\
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From:: 30-01-2008
Until:: 30-01-2008
Location:: Hyde Park, New York

Danforth Quayle

Born February 4, 1947Forty-fourth Vice President under Geor
ge H.W. Bush

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From:: 04-02-2008
Until:: 04-02-2008
Location:: Indianapolis, Indiana

Aaron Burr

Born February 6, 1756Third Vice President under Thomas Jeff
erson

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From:: 06-02-2008
Until:: 06-02-2008
Location:: Newark, New Jersey

Ronald Reagan

Born: February 6, 1911Fortieth President (1981-1989)\
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From:: 06-02-2008
Until:: 06-02-2008
Location:: Tampico, Illinois

William Sherman

Born February 8, 1820General for the North, led the invasi
on of Georgia

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From:: 08-02-2008
Until:: 08-02-2008
Location:: Lancaster, Ohio

William Henry Harrison

Born February 9, 1773Ninth President (1841)AmericanHist
oryCalendar.com

From:: 09-02-2008
Until:: 09-02-2008
Location:: Charles City County, Virginia

Louisa Adams

Born February 12, 1775Wife of President John Quincy Adams
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From:: 12-02-2008
Until:: 12-02-2008
Location:: London, England

Abraham Lincoln

Born February 12, 1809Sixteenth President (1861-1865)Am
ericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 12-02-2008
Until:: 12-02-2008
Location:: Hodgenville, Kentucky

Bess Truman

Born February 13, 1885Wife of President Harry S. Truman
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From:: 13-02-2008
Until:: 13-02-2008
Location:: Independence, Missouri

John Witherspoon

Born: February 15, 1723 Representing New Jersey at the Cont
inental Congress

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From:: 15-02-2008
Until:: 14-02-2008
Location:: Gifford, Scotland

Abraham Clark

Born: February 15, 1725 Representing New Jersey at the Cont
inental Congress

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From:: 15-02-2008
Until:: 15-02-2008
Location:: Elizabethtown, New Jersey

Henry Wilson

Born February 16, 1812Eighteenth Vice President under Ulyss
es S. Grant

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From:: 16-02-2008
Until:: 16-02-2008
Location:: Farmington, New Hampshire

George Washington

Born February 22, 1732First President (1789-1797)Americ
anHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 22-02-2008
Until:: 22-02-2008
Location:: Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stephen Hopkins

Born: March 7, 1707 Representing Rhode Island at the Contin
ental Congress

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From:: 07-03-2008
Until:: 07-03-2008
Location:: Providence, Rhode Island

Hannah Van Buren

March 8, 1783Wife to President Martin Van BurenHannah die
d 17 years before Van Buren became President.

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From:: 08-03-2008
Until:: 08-03-2008
Location:: Kinderhook, New York

Robert Treat Paine

Born March 11, 1731 Representing Massachusetts at the Conti
nental Congress

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From:: 11-03-2008
Until:: 11-03-2008
Location:: Boston, Massachusetts

Jane Pierce

Born March 12, 1806Wife of President Franklin PierceAme
ricanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 12-03-2008
Until:: 12-03-2008
Location:: Hampton, New Hampshire

Abigail Fillmore

Born March 13, 1798Wife of President Millard FillmoreAm
ericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 13-03-2008
Until:: 13-03-2008
Location:: Saratoga County, New York

Thomas R. Marshall

Born March 14, 1854Twenty-Eighth Vice President under Woodr
ow Wilson

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From:: 14-03-2008
Until:: 14-03-2008
Location:: North Manchester, Indiana

Andrew Jackson

Born on March 15, 1767Seventh President (1829-1837)Genera
l in 1812 War

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From:: 15-03-2008
Until:: 15-03-2008
Location:: Waxhaw, South Carolina

Pat Nixon

Born March 16, 1912Wife of President Richard NixonAmeri
canHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 16-03-2008
Until:: 16-03-2008
Location:: Ely, Nevada

George Clymer

Born March 16, 1739 Representing Pennsylvania at the Contin
ental Congress

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From:: 16-03-2008
Until:: 16-03-2008
Location:: Philadelphia, PA

James Madison

Born March 16, 17514th President of the United States (1809
- 1817)

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From:: 16-03-2008
Until:: 16-03-2008
Location:: Port Conway, King George, Virginia

John C. Calhoun

Born March 18, 1782Seventh Vice President under John Adams
and Andrew Jackson

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From:: 18-03-2008
Until:: 18-03-2008
Location:: McCormick County, South Carolina

Grover Cleveland

Born March 18, 1837Twenty-Second President (1885-1889)Twe
nty-Fourth President (1893-1897)

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From:: 18-03-2008
Until:: 18-03-2008
Location:: Caldwell, New Jersey

Thomas McKean

Born March. 19, 1734 Representing Delaware at the Continent
al Congress

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From:: 19-03-2008
Until:: 19-03-2008
Location:: New London, Pennsylvania

Schuyler Colfax

Born March 23, 1823Seventeenth Vice President under Ulysse
s S. Grant

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From:: 23-03-2008
Until:: 23-03-2008
Location:: New York City, New York

Lou Hoover

Born March 29, 1874Wife of President Herbert HooverAmer
icanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 29-03-2008
Until:: 29-03-2008
Location:: Waterloo, Iowa

John Tyler

Born March 29, 1790Tenth President (1841-1845)Vice Presid
ent under William Henry Harrison

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From:: 29-03-2008
Until:: 29-03-2008
Location:: Charles City County, Virginia

Albert Gore

Born March 31, 1948Forty-fifth Vice president under Bill Cl
inton

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From:: 31-03-2008
Until:: 31-03-2008
Location:: Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Harrison

Born April 5, 1726 Representing Virginia at the Continental
Congress
Governor of Virginia
Father of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States

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From:: 05-04-2008
Until:: 05-04-2008
Location:: Berkeley, Virginia

William R. King

Born April 7, 1786Thirteenth Vice President under Franklin
Pierce

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From:: 07-04-2008
Until:: 07-04-2008
Location:: Sampson County, North Carolina

Betty Ford

Born April 8, 1918Wife of President Gerald FordAmerican
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From:: 08-04-2008
Until:: 08-04-2008
Location:: Chicago, Illonois

Lewis Morris

Born April 8, 1726Representing New York at the Continental
Congress

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From:: 08-04-2008
Until:: 08-04-2008
Location:: Morrisania, New York

Lyman Hall

Born: April 12, 1724 Representing Georgia at the Continenta
l Congress

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From:: 12-04-2008
Until:: 12-04-2008
Location:: Wallingford, Connecticut

Thomas Jefferson

Born April 13, 1743Third President of the United States (18
01-1809)
Second Vice President under John Adams

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From:: 13-04-2008
Until:: 13-04-2008
Location:: Albemarle County, Virginia

Samuel Chase

Born April 17, 1741 Representing Maryland at the Continenta
l Congress

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From:: 17-04-2008
Until:: 17-04-2008
Location:: Princess Anne, Maryland

Lucretia Garfield

Born April 19, 1832Wife of President James GarfieldAmer
icanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 19-04-2008
Until:: 19-04-2008
Location:: Hiram, Ohio,

Roger Sherman

Born: April 19, 1721 Representing Connecticut at the Contin
ental Congress

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From:: 19-04-2008
Until:: 19-04-2008
Location:: Newton, Massachusetts

William Williams

Born April 23, 1731 Representing Connecticut at the Contine
ntal Congress

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From:: 23-04-2008
Until:: 23-04-2008
Location:: Lebanon, Connecticut

Stephen Douglas

Born April 23, 1813Democratic Party nominee for President i
n 1860, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Douglas debates in 1858 were held for the Illinois Senate seat, which Douglas later won over Lincoln.

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From:: 23-04-2008
Until:: 23-04-2008
Location:: Brandon, Vermont

James Buchanan

Born April 23, 1791Fifteenth President (1857-1861)Ame
ricanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 23-04-2008
Until:: 23-04-2008
Location:: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania

Ulysses S. Grant

Born April 27, 1822Eighteenth President (1869-1877)Genera
l for the north during the civil war

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From:: 27-04-2008
Until:: 27-04-2008
Location:: Point Pleasant, Ohio

James Monroe

Born April 28th, 1758Fifth President of the Unitied States
(1817-1825)

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From:: 28-04-2008
Until:: 28-04-2008
Location:: Westmoreland County, Virginia

Julia Tyler

Born May 4, 1820Second wife to President John TylerAm
ericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 04-05-2008
Until:: 04-05-2008
Location:: East Hampton, New York

Harry S. Truman

Born: May 8, 1884Thirty-Third President (1945-1953)Thirty
-Fourth Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt

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From:: 08-05-2008
Until:: 08-05-2008
Location:: Lamar, Missouri

John Brown

Born May 9, 1800John Brown was an abolitionist who unsucces
fully attempted to start a slave rebellion by raiding the federal armory at Harpers Ferry for weapons. He was later hanged for treason by the state of Virginia.

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From:: 09-05-2008
Until:: 09-05-2008
Location:: Torrington, Connecticut

Harriet Lane

Born May 9, 1830Harriet Lane acted as hostess at the White
House
Niece of President James Buchanan, who never married

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From:: 09-05-2008
Until:: 09-05-2008
Location:: Franklin County, Pennsylvania

John Wilkes Booth

Born May 10, 1838An actor who assasinated President Abraham
Lincoln as part of a comspiracy plot against the Union.

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From:: 10-05-2008
Until:: 10-05-2008
Location:: Bel Air, Maryland

George Ross

Born May 10, 1730Representing Pennsylvania at the Continent
al Congress

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From:: 10-05-2008
Until:: 10-05-2008
Location:: New Castle, Delaware

Charles W. Fairbanks

Born May 11, 1852Twenty-Sixth Vice President under Theodore
Roosevelt

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From:: 11-05-2008
Until:: 11-05-2008
Location:: Unionville Center, Ohio

Ellen Wilson

Born May 15, 1860First wife of President Woodrow Wilson
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From:: 15-05-2008
Until:: 15-05-2008
Location:: Savannah, Georgia

Levi P. Morton

Born May 16, 1824Twenty-Second Vice President under Benjami
n Harrison

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From:: 16-05-2008
Until:: 16-05-2008
Location:: Addison County, Vermont

John Penn

Born May 17, 1741 Representing North Carolina at the Contin
ental Congress

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From:: 17-05-2008
Until:: 17-05-2008
Location:: Port Royal, Virginia

Dolley Madison

Born May 20, 1768Wife of President James MadisonSaved sta
te papers and a portrait of George Washington before the British burned the White House in 1814.

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From:: 20-05-2008
Until:: 20-05-2008
Location:: Piedmont, North Carolina

Hubert Humphrey

Born May 27, 1911Thirty-Eighth Vice President under Lyndon
B. Johnson

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From:: 27-05-2008
Until:: 27-05-2008
Location:: Codington County, South Dakota

Patrick Henry

Born May 29, 1736First and sixth governor of VirginiaReme
mbered for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

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From:: 29-05-2008
Until:: 29-05-2008
Location:: Hanover County, Virginia

John F. Kennedy

Born May 29, 1917Thirty-Fifth President (1961-1963)Am
ericanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 29-05-2008
Until:: 29-05-2008
Location:: Brookline, Massachusetts

Helen Taft

Born June 2, 1861Wife of President Howard TaftAmericanH
istoryCalendar.com

From:: 02-06-2008
Until:: 02-06-2008
Location:: Cincinnati, Ohio

Martha Washington

Born June 2, 1731Married to President George Washington
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From:: 02-06-2008
Until:: 02-06-2008
Location:: Williamsburg, Virginia

Jefferson Davis

Born June 3, 1808First and only President of the Confederat
e States of America

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From:: 03-06-2008
Until:: 03-06-2008
Location:: Todd County, Kentucky

Garret Hobart

Born June 3, 1844Twenty-Fourth Vice President under William
McKinley

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From:: 03-06-2008
Until:: 03-06-2008

Ida McKinley

Born June 8, 1847 Wife of President William McKinleyAme
ricanHistoryCalendar.com

From:: 08-06-2008
Until:: 08-06-2008
Location:: Canton, Ohio

Barbara Bush

Born June 8, 1925Wife of President George H. W. BushMothe
r of President George W. Bush

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From:: 08-06-2008
Until:: 08-06-2008
Location:: New York City, New York

George Herbert Walker Bush

Born June 12, 1924Forty-First President (1989-1993)Forty-
Third Vice President under Ronald Reagan

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From:: 12-06-2008
Until:: 12-06-2008
Location:: Milton, Massachusetts

Rachel Jackson

Born June 15, 1767Wife of President Andrew JacksonRachel
died two weeks after her husband\\'s election victory.

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From:: 15-06-2008
Until:: 15-06-2008
Location:: Virginia

Daniel D. Tompkins

Born June 21, 1774Sixth Vice President under James Madison\
n
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From:: 21-06-2008
Until:: 21-06-2008

Arthur Middleton

Born June 26, 1742Representing South Carolina at the Contin
ental Congress

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From:: 26-06-2008
Until:: 26-06-2008
Location:: Charleston, South Carolina

William Hooper

Born June 28, 1742 Representing North Carolina at the Conti
nental Congress

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From:: 28-06-2008
Until:: 28-06-2008
Location:: Boston, Massachusetts

John B. Hood

Born June 29, 1831General for the south during the civil wa
r.

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From:: 29-06-2008
Until:: 29-06-2008
Location:: Owingsville, Kentucky

Elizabeth Monroe

Born June 30, 1768Wife of President James MonroeAmerica
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From:: 30-06-2008
Until:: 30-06-2008
Location:: New York City, New York

William A. Wheeler

Born June 30, 1819Nineteenth Vice President under Rutherfor
d B. Hayes

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From:: 30-06-2008
Until:: 30-06-2008
Location:: Malone, New York

Samuel Huntington

Born: July 3, 1731 Representing Connecticut at the Continen
tal Congress

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From:: 03-07-2008
Until:: 03-07-2008
Location:: Windham, Connecticut

Calvin Coolidge

Born: July 4, 1872Thirtieth President (1923-1929)Twenty-N
ineth Vice President under Warren Harding

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From:: 04-07-2008
Until:: 04-07-2008
Location:: Plymouth, Vermont

Nancy Reagan

Born July 6, 1921Wife of President Ronald ReaganAmerica
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From:: 06-07-2008
Until:: 06-07-2008
Location:: New York City, New York

George Walker Bush

Born July 6, 1946Forty-Third President (2001-)AmericanH
istoryCalendar.com

From:: 06-07-2008
Until:: 06-07-2008
Location:: New Haven, Connecticut

John Paul Jones

Born July 6, 1747Considered the "Father of the American Nav
y", John Paul Jones was the first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. His remains are interred in the chapel at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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From:: 06-07-2008
Until:: 06-07-2008
Location:: Kirkcudbright, Scotland