Category
page 1People of the Quasi-War
George Washington
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.
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of George Washington. He also founded America's first political party, the Federalist Party, in 1791.
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
Elbridge Gerry
vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814
John Marshall
chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, (1755-1835)
Jean-Pierre Boyer
2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)
Oliver Wolcott
United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1760-1833)
Robert Surcouf
French privateer
Stephen Decatur
United States Navy officer
Benjamin Stoddert
United States Secretary of the Navy (1751-1813)
Robert Gray
American merchant sea captain
Andre Rigaud
Haitian military leader (1761–1811)
Silas Talbot
American politician and naval officer (1751-1813)
Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux
French general and governor of Guadalope (1767–1849)