18th-century American male writers

George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of His Country for his role in bringing about American independence.

president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

American religious minister and scientific writer (1663–1728)

free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)

American novelist, historian and editor (1771-1810)

American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815)

American businessman and author (1747–1806)

American poet, diplomat, politician and businessman (1754–1812)

lawyer in colonial Massachusetts (1725-1783)

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and Founding Father of the United States (1723–1794)

American novelist (1765-1793)

Puritan minister, academic, activist (1639-1723)

American poet

American Quaker activist

American historian (1752-1817)

Methodist bishop in America (1745-1816)

colonial American doctor and botanist (1711-1768)

American writer, lawyer and judge

American dramatist, painter, and historian (1766–1839)

American poet (1750–1831)

American optician and inventor (1704-1749)

American writer and first known published African-American author

American planter (1674-1744)

American explorer (1710-1780)

American playwright and jurist (1757-1826)

Dutch-American navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer (1741-1784)

Mohegan leader and Christian minister

American lawyer and judge (1752-1827)

American writer and editor (1768-1812)

American farmer, revolutionary officer, justice of the peace, and poet

American politician