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Born 1721 • Williamsburg • Virginia
Died October 22, 1775 (aged 54) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
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George Washington
George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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James Monroe
James Monroe
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James Madison
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Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
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John Tyler
John Tyler
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Harry F. Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
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Nat Turner
Nat Turner
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Pernell Whitaker
American boxer
Kaine, Tim
Tim Kaine
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Edmund Randolph
Edmund Jennings Randolph
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Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon
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Mason, George
George Mason
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Mark Warner
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Edmund Pendleton
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George Wythe
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Henry Lee, portrait by Gilbert Stuart; in a private collection
Henry Lee
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John Rolfe
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