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Born November 25, 1758 • Carlisle • Pennsylvania
Died April 1, 1843 (aged 84) • New York
Title / Office United States Senate (1803-1805), United States • United States Senate (1800-1802), United States
Role In War of 1812
William Orlando Butler
United States soldier, lawyer, and public official
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
president of United States
Smith, Samuel
Samuel Smith
American politician
Dearborn, Henry
Henry Dearborn
United States general and politician
William Hull
United States general
Thomas Pinckney, engraving
Thomas Pinckney
American statesman
John A. Rawlins
United States general
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
William Selby Harney
United States general
Isaac Stevens
governor of Washington Territory, United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
Gordon Gray
United States government official
Jesse Lee Reno
United States Army officer
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
president of United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
president of United States
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
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