Sec. of Defense | Republican | ROOT, ELIHU, a Senator from New York; born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., February 15, 1845; attended the common schools; graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1864; taught in the Rome (N.Y.) Academy in 1865; graduated from the law school of the University of the City of New… Continue reading Elihu Root
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Alexander Hamilton
Sec. of Treasury | Federalist | HAMILTON, ALEXANDER was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system. Hamilton was born on January 11, in… Continue reading Alexander Hamilton
Teddy Roosevelt
Vice-President | Republican | ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884;… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
President | Founding Father | WASHINGTON, GEORGE, (granduncle of George Corbin Washington), A Delegate from Virginia and first President of the United States; born at “Wakefield,” near Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732; raised in Westmoreland County, Fairfax County and King George County; attended local schools and engaged in land surveying; appointed adjutant… Continue reading George Washington