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| + | *[http://www.ranker.com/list/most-important-leaders-in-us-history/mel-judson The Most Important Leaders in U.S. History.] | ||
| + | *[http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous/leaders.html Famous Leaders.] | ||
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| + | File:Charles Willson Peale Self Portrait 1822.jpg|[[Charles Willson Peale]] (1741–1827), Colonial Era portrait painter, scientist, inventor, founder of museums and art societies. | ||
| + | File:Thomas Cole.jpg|[[Thomas Cole]] (1801-1848), landscape painter and poet. | ||
| + | File:Ralph Waldo Emerson.jpg|[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] (1803-1882), poet and essayist. | ||
| + | File:Edgar Allan Poe.jpeg|[[Edgar Allan Poe]] (1809-1849), poet, editor and author. | ||
| + | File:Beecher stowe.jpg|[[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] (1811 to 1896), author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, | ||
| + | File:Whitman.gif|[[Walt Whitman]] (1819-1892), [[poet]]. | ||
| + | File:GeorgeWestinghouse.jpg|[[George Westinghouse]] (1846-1914), engineer and inventor. | ||
| + | File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), the inventor of the telephone. | ||
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[[Category:United States History]] | [[Category:United States History]] | ||
[[Category:Heroes]] | [[Category:Heroes]] | ||
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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
Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931), was the greatest inventor in history,
Edison and his phonograph.
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945)
Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)
Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) was by far the most important black leader of the 1960s.; We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1991.
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), recognized as the “best-performing CEO in the world".
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Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), Colonial Era portrait painter, scientist, inventor, founder of museums and art societies.
Thomas Cole (1801-1848), landscape painter and poet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), poet and essayist.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), poet, editor and author.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 to 1896), author of Uncle Tom's Cabin,
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet.
George Westinghouse (1846-1914), engineer and inventor.
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the inventor of the telephone.
