Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Political Leaders, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and James Madison.
George Washington22 February 1732, American
First U.S. President
Alexander Hamilton11 January 1755, Saint Kitts And Nevis, American
Economist, Political Philosopher, Former U.S.
Thomas Jefferson13 April 1743, American
3rd U.S. President
Andrew Jackson15 March 1767, American
7th President of the United States
John Adams30 October 1735, American
2nd U.S. President
Aaron Burr06 February 1756, American
3rd Vice President of United States
James Madison16 March 1751, American
4th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams11 July 1767, American
James Buchanan23 April 1791, American
15th U.S. President
William Henry Harrison09 February 1773, American
John Tyler29 March 1790, American
10th U.S. President
Davy Crockett17 August 1786, American
Martin Van Buren05 December 1782, American
Zachary Taylor24 November 1784, American
Military Leader and the 12th President of United
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington01 May 1769, British
Former First Lord of the Treasury of the United
James K. Polk02 November 1795, American
John C. Calhoun18 March 1782, American
7th Vice President of the U.S.A
Sam Houston02 March 1793, American
Former Governor of Texas
Henry Clay12 April 1777, American
Political Leader
John Hancock23 January 1737, American
Former President of the Continental Congress
William Pitt the Younger28 May 1759, British
Youngest Prime Minister of Britain
Meriwether Lewis18 August 1774, American
Explorer, Politician
William Wilberforce24 August 1759, British
Abolitionist
Robert Peel05 February 1788, British
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Patrick Henry29 May 1736, American
5th & 6th Governor of Virginia, Orator,
Thaddeus Stevens04 April 1792, American
Former United States Representative
Robert Clive25 September 1725, British
British Military Officer
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey13 March 1764, British
Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Daniel Webster18 January 1782, American
Former United States Senator
Napoleon Bonaparte15 August 1769, French
Emperor of the French
Muhammad Ali of Egypt04 March 1769, Albanian, Greek
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
Ethan Allen21 January 1738, American
Revolutionary War Hero
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José de San Martín25 February 1778, Argentinian, Chilean
Military Leader, Politician
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham15 November 1708, British
The Great Commoner
Chief Seattle1780 AD, American
Anthony Wayne01 January 1745, American
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany16 August 1763, British
Duke of York and Albany
Elbridge Gerry17 July 1744, American
Former Vice President of the United States
Benjamin Rush04 January 1746, American
William R. King07 April 1786, American
Shortest Serving Vice President of the U.S.A
George Canning11 April 1770, British
Former British Prime Minister
James Wilson14 September 1742, American, Scottish
Founding Fathers of the United States
John Wilkes17 October 1725, British
English journalist
Richard Mentor Johnson17 October 1780, American
9th Vice President of the U.S.A
George M. Dallas10 July 1792, American
11th Vice President of the U.S.A
John Dickinson08 November 1732, American
One of the Founding Fathers of the US
Daniel D. Tompkins21 June 1774, American
Sixth Vice President of the U.S.A
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Caesar Rodney07 October 1728, American
Former Governor of Delaware
Edward Everett11 April 1794, American
Former American senator
Josiah Bartlett21 November 1729, American
Former Governor of New Hampshire
George Wythe1726 AD, American
American professor
Francis Hopkinson21 September 1737, American
Former United States District Judge
Lyman Hall12 April 1724, American
Signer of United States Declaration of
Robert Treat Paine11 March 1731, American
Former Massachusetts Attorney General
Simon Bolivar24 July 1783, Venezuelan
Revolutionary & Military Leader
Luther Martin20 February 1748, American
Politician
Francis Lewis21 March 1713, American
Member of the United States House of
Matthew Thornton1714 AD, American
William Ellery02 December 1727, American
William Hooper17 June 1742, American
Former Delegate to the Continental Congress
Maximilien de Robespierre06 May 1758, French
Influential Figure of the French Revolution
Lord North13 April 1732, British
George Clinton26 July 1739, American
Fourth Vice President of the U.S.A
Feargus OConnor18 July 1794, British
Chartist Leader
Grigory Potemkin11 October 1739, Russian
linguist, military personnel
Antonio López de Santa Anna21 February 1794, Mexican
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Ivan VI of Russia23 August 1740, Russian
Emperor of Russia
John J. Crittenden10 September 1787, American
Politician
Peter II of Russia23 October 1715, Russian
Emperor of Russia
Frederick William III of Prussia03 August 1770, German
Composer, Politician
Spencer Perceval01 November 1762, British
Politician, Lawyer
Charles Evans Hughes11 April 1862, American
Politician
Horace Walpole24 September 1717
Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Politician
John Witherspoon05 February 1723, American
Politician, Theologian
Lord William Bentinck14 September 1774, British
Former Governor-General of India
Charles Grandison Finney29 August 1792, American
American minister
Charles Carroll of Carrollton19 September 1737, American
Politician
Arthur Phillip11 October 1738, British
Navy officer
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool07 June 1770, British
Politician
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just25 August 1767, French
Politician, Writer
Richard Henry Lee20 January 1732, British, American
Politician, Judge
DeWitt Clinton02 March 1769, American
Politician
Antonio José de Sucre03 February 1795, Bolivian, Spanish, Venezuelan
Politician
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland14 April 1738, British
Politician
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau09 March 1749, French
Journalist, Politician, Diplomat, Writer,
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh18 June 1769, Irish, British
Statesman
Albert Gallatin29 January 1761, American
Politician, Diplomat
William Blount26 March 1749, American
Politician
Lewis Cass09 October 1782, American
Former United States Senator
George Grenville14 October 1712, British
Politician
Adolphe Thiers15 April 1797, French
Lawyer, Politician, Journalist, Historian, Writer
Jacques Necker30 September 1732, Swiss
Banker
Jean Maximilien Lamarque22 July 1770, French
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Johann Friedrich Struensee05 August 1737, German
Politician, Physician
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney25 February 1746, American
Statesman
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth30 May 1757, British
Politician