John Caldwell Calhoun

1782 - 1850

Other Times and Places He Would Have Been World Renowned

Simon Cameron

1799 - 1889

U.S. Senator, Ambassador to Russia, Lincoln's Secretary of War

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George M. Dallas

1792 - 1864

Strong Backer of 'Manifest Destiny,' Dallas, Texas Named for Him

Jefferson Davis

1808 - 1889

Rebels Held Out So Long Due to His 'Sagacity and Indomitable Will'

Stephen A. Douglas

1813 - 1861

He was Major Force in Pre-Civil War Politics as Congressman, Senator

Willaim Orville Douglas

1898 - 1980

Supreme Court Justice, 'Douglas Was the Only True Genius That I Have Ever Known'

Sam Houston

1793 - 1863

Father of Texas Independence Movement and Its First President

Archibald MacLeish

1892 -1982

Lawyer, New Dealer, Professor, Poet, Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner

Andrew Mellon

1855 - 1937

Scot's Descendants Become One of Nation's Richest Families

Henry Wilson

1812 - 1875

Statesman, Active Abolitionist, Vice President of the United States

James Wilson

1835 - 1920

College Professor, Congressman and Cabinet Member for 16 Years

William B. Wilson

1862 - 1934

Miner, Labor Leader, Congressman, First U.S. Secretary of Labor