19th-century American male writers

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt was vice president for six months under William McKinley and became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He was 42 years old upon his first inauguration, making him the youngest person to hold the office.

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. He previously led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 as commanding general.

American philosopher (1803–1882)

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

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

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

American author (1804–1864)

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and prophet (1805–1844)

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

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

American writer (1789–1851)

President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)

Spanish-American philosopher

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

American writer (1878–1968)

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

American political economist and journalist (1839–1897)

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)

vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875

American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)

American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

American writer (1818–1883)

American writer and poet (1836–1902)

American author and socialist (1850–1898)

American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

American politician and publisher (1811–1872)

American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)

American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)

American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939)

American ichthyologist and educator (1851-1931)

American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878)

American politician (1830–1893)

American diplomat (1852–1933)

American songwriter (1826-1864)

British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement (1860–1946)

American botanist (1810–1888)

British-American academic (1811-1882)

American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891)

American lawyer, Watch Tower Society president (1869–1942)

American founder of the Adventist movement (1782–1849)

American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891)

American art critic and collector (1865-1959)

American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)

U.S. Army officer; founder of Theosophy (1832-1907)

German-American anarchist

American politician (1819–1890)

American politician (1832-1918)

American poet (1869–1935)

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906)

U.S. botanist (1858-1954)

American sociologist (1840–1910)

American evangelist (1837–1899)