Leading Founders

Leading Founders

Who They Were

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George Washington: Father of His Country

Benjamin Franklin: The Sage of America

Thomas Paine: Agitator for Revolution

Patrick Henry: Defender of American Liberty

John Adams: Atlas of American Independence

George Mason: Progenitor of the Bill of Rights

Thomas Jefferson: Champion of Liberty

John Dickinson: Penman of the Founding

Mercy Otis Warren: The Conscience of the American Revolution

Charles Carroll: First Citizen

James Madison: Father of the Constitution

James Wilson: Sentinel of Nature’s Anchoring Truths

Gouverneur Morris: Penman of the Constitution

Alexander Hamilton: Champion of American Enterprise

John Jay: Father of American Jurisprudence and Diplomacy

John Marshall: Expounder of the Constitution

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