Find out more about the greatest 18th Century American Leaders, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and James Madison
Alexander Hamilton11 January 1755
Economist, Political Philosopher, Former U.S.
George Washington22 February 1732
First U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson13 April 1743
3rd U.S. President
Andrew Jackson15 March 1767
7th President of the United States
John Adams30 October 1735
2nd U.S. President
Aaron Burr06 February 1756
3rd Vice President of United States
James Madison16 March 1751
4th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams11 July 1767
William Henry Harrison09 February 1773
James Buchanan23 April 1791
15th U.S. President
John Tyler29 March 1790
10th U.S. President
Davy Crockett17 August 1786
Martin Van Buren05 December 1782
Zachary Taylor24 November 1784
Military Leader and the 12th President of United
Paul Revere01 January 1735
Revolutionary
Thomas Paine29 January 1737
Founding Father of the United States
James K. Polk02 November 1795
James Monroe28 April 1758
Fifth President of the USA
Samuel Adams27 September 1722
Founding Father of the United States
John Paul Jones06 July 1747
Scottish American Sailor
John C. Calhoun18 March 1782
7th Vice President of the U.S.A
Sam Houston02 March 1793
Former Governor of Texas
John Hancock23 January 1737
Former President of the Continental Congress
Henry Clay12 April 1777
Political Leader
Tecumseh29 February 1768
Native American Leader
Patrick Henry29 May 1736
5th & 6th Governor of Virginia, Orator,
Thaddeus Stevens04 April 1792
Former United States Representative
Daniel Webster18 January 1782
Former United States Senator
Meriwether Lewis18 August 1774
Explorer, Politician
Ethan Allen21 January 1738
Revolutionary War Hero
Chief Seattle1780 AD
George Mason11 December 1725
Patriot, U.S. Statesman
Continue Reading Below
Samuel Chase17 April 1741
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Benjamin Rush04 January 1746
Anthony Wayne01 January 1745
Elbridge Gerry17 July 1744
Former Vice President of the United States
William R. King07 April 1786
Shortest Serving Vice President of the U.S.A
Benjamin Tallmadge25 February 1754
Military Leader
James Wilson14 September 1742
Founding Fathers of the United States
Richard Mentor Johnson17 October 1780
9th Vice President of the U.S.A
George M. Dallas10 July 1792
11th Vice President of the U.S.A
Benjamin Lincoln24 January 1733
Officer
![By maybe John Thomas Scharf [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/caesar-rodney-2.jpg "By maybe John Thomas Scharf [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons")
Caesar Rodney07 October 1728
Former Governor of Delaware
Jonathan Edwards05 October 1703
American preacher
Josiah Bartlett21 November 1729
Former Governor of New Hampshire
Daniel D. Tompkins21 June 1774
Sixth Vice President of the U.S.A
Edward Everett11 April 1794
Former American senator
Francis Hopkinson21 September 1737
Former United States District Judge
George Wythe1726 AD
American professor
Lyman Hall12 April 1724
Signer of United States Declaration of
Robert Treat Paine11 March 1731
Former Massachusetts Attorney General
Luther Martin20 February 1748
Politician
Francis Lewis21 March 1713
Member of the United States House of
William Hooper17 June 1742
Former Delegate to the Continental Congress
William Ellery02 December 1727
Matthew Thornton1714 AD
Archibald Alexander17 April 1772
American theologian
George Clinton26 July 1739
Fourth Vice President of the U.S.A
Abraham Whipple26 September 1733
Revolutionary Commander
Francis Marion26 February 1732
Military officer
Winfield Scott13 June 1786
Officer
Ferdinand VII of Spain14 October 1784
Nathanael Greene07 August 1742
Major
Elizabeth Ann Seton28 August 1774
Teacher, Abbé, Memoirist, Nun
Charles Evans Hughes11 April 1862
Politician
Oliver Hazard Perry23 August 1785
Officer
Joseph Brant29 February 1743
Military leader
Charles Carroll of Carrollton19 September 1737
Politician
Richard Henry Lee20 January 1732
Politician, Judge
DeWitt Clinton02 March 1769
Politician
John Witherspoon05 February 1723
Politician, Theologian
Albert Gallatin29 January 1761
Politician, Diplomat
Sybil Ludington05 April 1761
American Revolutionary
Edward Rutledge23 November 1749
Politician
Thomas McKean19 March 1734
Lawyer, Politician, Judge
William Floyd17 December 1734
Politician
Cornplanter1750 AD
politician
Major Ridge1771 AD
tribal chief
Anson Jones20 January 1798
Politician
Oliver Wolcott20 November 1726
Politician
Francis Lightfoot Lee14 October 1734
Politician
Lewis Morris08 April 1726
Politician
George Clymer16 March 1739
Politician
William Whipple14 January 1730
Politician, Officer
Philip Livingston15 January 1716
Merchant, Politician
Arthur Middleton26 June 1742
Politician
William Paca31 October 1740
Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Robert Patterson12 January 1792
Officer
Thomas Nelson Jr.26 December 1738
American statesman
Kazimierz Pułaski06 March 1745
Soldier
Abraham Clark15 February 1726
Politician, Lawyer
Carter Braxton16 September 1736
Politician, Merchant
Ben Franklin17 January 1706
Charles Bent11 November 1799
Politician
Joseph Hewes23 January 1730
Politician
Thomas Lynch Jr.05 August 1749
Politician