Note : This site uses Javascript extensively. While you will still be able to read articles, it is recommended you turn on Javascript for your browser. CLICK HERE if you are unsure how to do that...
Governance born active died
1703, Nov 27 1725-1760 1760, Jul 30
served as chief justice, lieutenant governor, and acting colonial governor of the Province of New York. In 1733, on the removal of chief justice Lewis Morris, De Lancey was appointed in his stead, and served as chief justice of New York for the remainder of his life. He presided over the 1735 trial of journalist John Peter Zenger on charges of sedition and libel against Governor William Cosby. Zenger won his case, and the Zenger trial is recognized as a landmark case in establishing freedom of the press in America.
88
Governance
Category -all- Architects Artists Astronomers Cartographers Clergy Commerce Composers Educators Explorers Governance Inventors Legal Military Naval Performers Physicians Pirates Scientists Sculptors Writers Nationality -all- Austria Denmark England France Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Lenape Tribes Mexico Mohawk Nation Morocco Netherlands Ottoman Empire Poland Scotland Sweden Turkey United States Wales
Sort Name Nationality Born Active Died Selected 88
James De Lancey [1] 1703, Nov 27 1725
1760 1760, Jul 30
Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif 1634 1672 1727 1727, Mar 22 the second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty. He is also known in his native country as the ... Francis Phips unknown 1720 1729 unknown a British colonial governor. He was Lieutenant Governor of Anguilla and the Virgin Islands from 1... Victor Amadeus II 1666, May 14 1675 1730 1732, Oct 31 Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. Victor Amadeus II undertook sweeping administrative reforms with... Frederick IV 1671, Oct 11 1699 1730 1730, Oct 12 the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of King Christian... Ahmed III 1673, Dec 30/31 1703 1730 1736, Jul 1 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1703 to 1... Woodes Rogers 1679 ca 1705 1732 1732, Jul 15 an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is kno... Emperor Nakamikado 1702, Jan 14 1709 1735 1737, May 10 the 114th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Nakamikado's reign... William Cosby 1690 1710 1736 1736 an Irish soldier who served as the British royal governor of New York from 1732 to 1736. During h... Tobias Fitch unknown 1720 1739 unknown wrote a journal of his mission from Charleston to the Creeks. Succeeded Colonel Chicken as Indian... HRE Charles VI 1685, Oct 1 1711 1740 1740, Oct 20 he succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (as Charles II),... Melchior de Polignac 1661, Oct 11 1683 1742 1742, Nov 20 a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli... Robert Walpole 1676, Aug 26 1715 1742 1745, Mar 18 is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Although the exact d... Edward Vernon 1684, Nov 12 1700 1746 1757, Oct 30 a British naval officer. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral af... Emperor Sakuramachi unknown 1735 1747 unknown the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Sakuramachi's reign... William IV of Orange 1711, Sep 1 1711 1751 1751, Oct 22 the first hereditary Stadtholder of all the United Provinces. He was born six weeks after the dea... Mahmud I 1696, Aug 2 1730 1754 1754, Dec 13 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1730 to 1754... Lionel Sackville 1688, Jan 18 1730 1755 1765, Oct 10 an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Dorset served twice as Lord Lieutenan... Josiah Quincy I 1710 1735 1755 1784 an American merchant, planter, and politician. He was the son of Col. Edmund and Dorothy Flynt Qu... Spencer Phips 1685, Jun 6 1713 1757 1757, Apr 4 a British politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born Spencer Bennett, he was adopted b... Osman III 1699, Jan 2/3 1754 1757 1757, Oct 30 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1754 to 1757. His brief... King George II 1683, Oct 30 1727 1760 1760, Oct 25 King of Great Britain and Ireland, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Duke of Brunswick-L... George Clinton [1] 1686 ca 1720 1761 1761, Jul 10 a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st D... Emperor Momozono unknown 1747 1762 unknown Given name: Toohito Shingas unknown 1740 1763 unknown a leader of the Delaware (Lenape) people in the Ohio Country and a noted American Indian warrior ... Henry Fox 1705, Sep 28 1735 1765 1774, Jul 1 a leading British politician of the 18th century. He identified primarily with the Whig faction. ... HRE Francis I 1708, Dec 8 1740 1765 1765, Aug 18 Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powe... Marie Leszczynska 1703, Jun 23 1720 1768 1768, Jun 24 a Polish noblewoman and French Queen consort. The daughter of King Stanislaw Leszczynski — Stan... Horatio Sharpe 1718 1753 1768 1790 the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768 under the restored proprietary govern... Adolf Frederick 1710, May 14 1751 1771 1771, Feb 12 King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. The first king from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Adol... Louis XV 1710, Feb 15 1715 1774 1774, May 10 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1 September 1715 u... Mustafa III 1717, Jan 18/28 1757 1774 1774, Jan 21 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III ... Peyton Randolph 1721, Sep 10 1743 1775 1775, Oct 22 a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia H... Joseph Warren 1741, Jun 11 1759 1775 1775, Jun 17 an American physician who played a leading role in American Patriot organizations in Boston in th... John Morton [2] 1725 1756 1777 1777, Apr 1 a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the Uni... Philip Livingston 1716, Jan 15 1737 1778 1778, Jun 12 an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Cont... John Hart [2] 1710 ca 1750 1778 1779, May 11 a public official and politician in colonial New Jersey who served as a delegate to the Continent... Stephen Hopkins 1707, Mar 7 1730 1779 1785, Jul 13 a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode... Robert Rogers 1731, Nov 7 1746 1779 1795, May 18 an American colonial frontiersman. Rogers served in the British army during both the French and I... George Ross Jr. 1730, May 10 1756 1779 1779, Jul 14 a signer of the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence as a re... Reynier de Klerck 1710, Nov 1730 1780 1780, Sep 1 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1778 until 1780. De Klerk's date of birth is not ... Francis Lewis 1713, Mar 21 1734 1780 1802, Dec 31 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York. He was... Maria Theresa 1717, May 13 1740 1780 1780, Nov 29 the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was th... George Taylor 1716 ca 1736 1781 1781, Feb 23 a Colonial ironmaster and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a represen... Cornelius Harnett 1723, Apr 10 1740 1781 1781, Apr 28 an American merchant, farmer, and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading Ame... John Witherspoon 1723, Feb 5 1745 1781 1794, Nov 15 a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence a... Richard Stockton 1730, Oct 1 1754 1781 1781, Feb 28 an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stockton... Thomas Gage [2] 1718/19, Mar 10 1741 1782 1787, Apr 2 a British general best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role a... Charles Edward Stuart 1720, Dec 31 1743 1783 1788, Jan 31 the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland from the de... John Hanson 1715, Apr 3 1750 1783 1783, Nov 15 a merchant and public official from Maryland during the era of the American Revolution. In 1779, ... Jonathan Trumbull 1710, Oct 12 1731 1784 1785, Aug 17 one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Rev... Caesar Rodney 1728, Oct 7 1755 1784 1784, Jun 25 an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, ea... Silas Deane 1737, Dec 24 1759 1784 1789, Sep 23 an American merchant, politician, and diplomat, and a supporter of American independence. Deane s... James Smith [2] 1719, Sep 17 1740 1785 1806, Jul 11 an American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representat... William Whipple Jr. 1730, Jan 14 1751 1785 1785, Nov 28 a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire... Matthew Thornton 1713, Mar 17 1740 1786 1803, Jun 24 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire. I... Jean Sylvain Bailly 1736, Sep 15 1759 1787 1793, Nov 12 a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the Fren... Robert Nugent 1709 1739 1788 1788, Oct 13 an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuo... Juan Bautista de Anza 1736, Jul 6/7 1752 1788 1788, Dec 19 a New-Spanish explorer of Basque descent, and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. In 1... Henry Laurens 1723, Feb 24 1757 1788 1792, Dec 8 an American merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political l... Benjamin Franklin 1705, Jan 6 1718 1789 1790, Apr 17 one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading aut... Richard Caswell 1729, Aug 3 1750 1789 1789, Nov 10 the first and fifth governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina, serving from 1776 to 1780 and f... Ethan Allen 1737, Jan 10 1757 1789 1789, Feb 12 a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, and American Revolut... Mohammed III 1710 ca 1748 1790 1790, Apr 9 Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 under the Alaouite dynasty. He was the governor of Marrakech ... Lyman Hall 1724, Apr 12 1749 1790 1790, Oct 19 physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independen... Josiah Bartlett 1729, Nov 21 1750 1790 1795, May 19 an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire, and ... Benjamin Harrison V 1726, Apr 5 1745 1791 1791, Apr 24 an American politician, planter, and merchant, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of th... James De Lancey [2] 1732 1758 1791 1800 a colonial politician, turfman, and the son of Lieutenant Governor James De Lancey and Anne Heath... John Burgoyne 1722, Feb 24 1743 1792 1792, Aug 4 a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War... George Mason 1725, Nov 30 1747 1792 1792, Oct 7 a Virginia planter and politician, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, ... Hamengkubuwono I unknown 1755 1792 1792 the first sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.He ruled from February 13, 1755 to March 24, 1792. As a... Richard Henry Lee 1732, Jan 20 1757 1792 1794, Jun 19 an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress ... Henry Clinton 1730, Apr 16 1751 1793 1795, Dec 23 a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the America... John Hancock 1736, Jan 12 1754 1793 1793, Oct 8 an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as p... Roger Sherman 1721, Apr 19 1754 1793 1793, Jul 23 an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He ser... Artemas Ward 1727, Nov 26 1751 1795 1800, Oct 28 an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts.... Samuel Huntington 1731, Jul 5 1754 1796 1796, Jan 5 a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to th... Nathaniel Gorham 1738, May 27 1759 1796 1796 Jun 11 Starting at 15, Gorham served an apprenticeship with a merchant in New London, Connecticut, after... Horace Walpole 1717, Sep 24 1737 1797 1797, Mar 2 an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill... Oliver Wolcott 1726, Nov 20 1747 1797 1797, Dec 1 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation ... Samuel Adams 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United State... Robert Morris Jr. 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 a Founding Father of the United States, was a Liverpool-born American merchant who financed the A... George Read 1733, Sep 18 1753 1798 1798, Sep 21 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer... Robert Treat Paine 1731, Mar 11 1757 1804 1814, May 11 a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ... George Wythe 1726 1746 1806 1806, Jun 8 the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, and a Virginia judge. The first of th... Joseph Brant 1743 ca 1750 1809 1807 a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated... George Clinton [2] 1739, Jul 26 1754 1812 1812, Apr 20 an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. H... Thomas McKean 1734, Mar 19 1755 1812 1817, Jun 24 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphi... William Ellery 1727, Dec 2 1748 1820 1820, Feb 15 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. In...
