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File:Gilbert-Stuart 1795 Washington-portrait.jpg|George Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]], 1795. | File:Gilbert-Stuart 1795 Washington-portrait.jpg|George Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]], 1795. | ||
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File:Trumbull G. Washington.jpg|George Washington by [[John Trumbull]]. | File:Trumbull G. Washington.jpg|George Washington by [[John Trumbull]]. | ||
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[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743- 1826), one of early proponents of a Constitutional Republic in world history and one of the [[Founding Fathers]] of the United States. | [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743- 1826), one of early proponents of a Constitutional Republic in world history and one of the [[Founding Fathers]] of the United States. | ||
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Thomas Jefferson by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. | Thomas Jefferson by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. | ||
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[[Martin Luther King]] (1929 - 1968) | [[Martin Luther King]] (1929 - 1968) | ||
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[[Ronald Reagan]] (1911 - 2004) | [[Ronald Reagan]] (1911 - 2004) | ||
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Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1991. | Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1991. | ||
Revision as of 22:16, June 1, 2014
Famous American Leaders
Petite Gallery
George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1795.
The Washington Family by Edward Savage, 1796 .
George Washington by John Trumbull.
George Washington (Patriae Pater) by Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1795-1823.
Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826), one of early proponents of a Constitutional Republic in world history and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1805.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), an American polymath, printer, inventor, statesman, one of the most prominent scientists in the world of the Enlightenment and one of the Founding Fathers.
Benjamin Franklin by French painter Jean Baptiste Greuze.
James Monroe (1758 - 1831)
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
Mary Baker Eddy
Marion Barry
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945)
Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)
Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968)
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1991.