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Governance • Educators born active died
1798, Mar 13 1814-1853 1853, Mar 30
the wife of Millard Fillmore , was First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. In 1814 Abigail became a part-time school teacher at the Sempronius Village school. In 1817 she becomes a full-time teacher and in 1819 she took on another teaching job and began to teach at the private New Hope Academy. Then, in 1824 she became a private tutor in Lisle to three of her cousins. She was then asked to open up a private school in Broome County, she opened the school, and in 1825, went back to Sempronius to teach in her original position.
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Abigail Fillmore 1798, Mar 13 1814
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David Ramsay 1749, Apr 2 1773 1815 1815, May 8 an American physician, public official, and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He was one... Joachim Murat 1767, Mar 25 1790 1815 1815, Oct 13 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince... Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Aug 15 1799 1815 1821, May 5 a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and le... Timothy Pickering 1745, Jul 17 1768 1816 1829, Jan 29 a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third Unite... John Clopton 1756, Feb 7 1776 1816 1816, Sep 11 a United States Representative from Virginia. He served as first lieutenant and as captain in the... Emperor Kokaku 1771, Sep 23 1780 1817 1840, Dec 11 Given name, Tomohito, the 119th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of successio... James Madison 1751, Mar 16 1809 1817 1836, Jun 28 an American statesman, political theorist, and the fourth President of the United States (1809–... Isaac Shelby 1750, Dec 11 1774 1818 1826, Jul 18 the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and Nor... Charles XIII of Sweden 1748, Oct 7 1814 1818 1818, Feb 5 King of Sweden (as Charles XIII) from 1809 and King of Norway (as Charles II) from 1814 until his... Philip J. Schuyler 1768, Jan 21 1796 1819 1835, Feb 21 an American politician from New York. Schuyler lived in Rhinebeck, where he managed farms and est... Jesse Fell unknown 1800 1819 unknown an early political leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was the first to successfully burn an... Sakayengwaraton 1792 1810 1819 1886 a Mohawk leader in Canada. After Johnson fought for the British Crown in the War of 1812, he was ... 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... King George III 1738, Jun 4 1760 1820 1820, Jan 29 King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 ... William Floyd 1734, Dec 17 1774 1820 1821. Aug 4 an American politician from New York, and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independen... Elias Boudinot 1740, May 2 1760 1821 1821, Oct 24 a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress ... Joseph Bloomfield 1753, Oct 18 1775 1823 1823, Oct 3 the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him. He at... Thomas Jefferson 1743, Apr 2 1767 1824 1826, Jul 4 an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and ... Louis XVIII 1755, Nov 17 1814 1824 1824, Sep 16 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1814 to 1824 except for a peri... Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746, Feb 25 1769 1825 1825, Aug 16 an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Con... William Hull 1753, Jun 24 1775 1825 1825, Nov 29 an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution and was appointed as Gov... Elizabeth Monroe 1768, Jun 30 1817 1825 1830, Sep 23 First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825, as the wife of James Monroe, fifth President. ... James Monroe 1758, Apr 28 1817 1825 1831, Jul 4 the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a F... Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749, Mar 23 1771 1827 1827, Mar 5 an influential French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statist... Charles Carroll III 1737, Sep 19 1772 1828 1832, Nov 14 a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britai... Hamengkubuwono II 1750, Mar 7 1792 1828 1828, Jan 3 the second sultan of Yogyakarta 1792–1810, 1811–12 and finally 1826–28 during the Java War.... Hamengkubuwono IV 1804, Apr 3 1814 1828 1823/28 the fourth sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, reigning from April 3, 1814 - December 6, 1822, and t... Manuel Quimper 1757 1770 1829 1844, Apr a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ... Daniel Sargent Jr. 1764, Jan 15 1780 1829 1842, Apr 2 a successful American merchant and politician in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a successful merch... William Clark [2] 1770, Aug 1 1789 1829 1838, Sep 1 an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. Along with Meriwether Lewi... John Quincy Adams 1767, Jul 11 1825 1829 1848, Feb 23 an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. H... Petar I Petrovic-Njegos 1747/48 1782 1830 1830, Oct 31 the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (vladika) of Cetinje, and Exa... Simon Bolivar 1783, Jul 24 1807 1830 1830, Dec 17 a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Vene... King George IV 1762, Aug 12 1820 1830 1830, Jun 26 King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover following the death of his... Charles X unknown 1824 1830 unknown King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. For most of his life he was known as ... Cornplanter 1750s ca 1816 1831 1831 a Seneca war chief and diplomat. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian ... William H. Crawford 1772, Feb 24 1788 1832 1834, Sep 15 an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secret... William Wilberforce 1759, Aug 24 1780 1833 1833, Jul 29 an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A na... Charles Grey 1764, Mar 13 1786 1834 1845, Jul 17 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from November 1830 to July 1834. A member of the Whig Party,... William Wirt 1772, Nov 8 1792 1834 1834, Feb 18 an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attor... HRE Francis II 1768, Feb 12 1792 1835 1835, Mar 2 the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Rom... William T. Barry 1784, Feb 5 1805 1835 1835, Aug 30 an American statesman and jurist. He served as Postmaster General for most of the administration ... Davy Crockett 1786, Aug 17 1813 1836 1836, Mar 6 a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred... Stephen F. Austin 1793, Nov 3 1814 1836 1836, Dec 27 an American empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas", and the founder of Texas, he led the seco... Pavel Schilling 1786, Apr 5 1810 1837 1837, Jul 25 a diplomat of Baltic German origin employed in the service of Russia in Germany, and who built a ... Andrew Jackson 1767, Mar 15 1829 1837 1845, Jun 8 the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was born near the end of the colonia... William Henry Ashley 1778 ca 1808 1838 1838, Mar 26 an American who pioneered as a miner, land speculator, manufacturer, territorial militia officer,... Tenskwatawa 1775 1800 1839 1834 a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as The Prophet or th... Mahmud II 1789, Jul 20 1808 1839 1839, Jul 1 the 30th Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1808 until his deat... Black Hawk 1767 1810 1839 1838 a war leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the Midwest of the Unit... Huang Juezi 1793 1823 1839 1853 a Chinese Qing dynasty scholar and civil servant and a fervent opponent of the opium trade. His 1... Osceola 1804 1830 1839 1838 an influential leader of the Seminole in Florida. Of mixed parentage, Creek, Scots-Irish, and Eng... John Forsyth 1780, Oct 22 1813 1841 1841, Oct 21 a 19th-century American politician from Georgia. He represented Georgia in both the House of Repr... Martin Van Buren 1782, Dec 5 1837 1841 1862, Jul 24 an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). A m... William Henry Harrison 1773, Feb 9 1841 1841 1841, Apr 4 the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and... Noah Webster 1758, Oct 16 1781 1843 1843, May 28 an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer... Morgan Lewis 1754, Oct 16 1774 1844 1844, Apr 7 an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer... Artemas Ward Jr. 1762, Jan 9 1783 1844 1847, Oct 7 like his father, Artemas Ward, he was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He serve... Charles XIV John 1763, Jan 26 1818 1844 1844, Mar 8 King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) from 1818 until hi... John Tyler 1790, Mar 29 1841 1845 1862, Jan 18 the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840... Emperor Ninko 1800, Mar 16 1817 1846 1846, Feb 21 the 120th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Ninko's reign spann... Godert van der Capellen 1778, Dec 15 1808 1848 1848, Apr 10 a Dutch statesman from Utrecht. He was made Prefect of Friesland in 1808 and soon thereafter Mini... Christian VIII 1786, Sep 18 1813 1848 1848, Jan 20 the King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814. In May... Ferdinand I of Austria 1793, Apr 19 1835 1848 1875, Jun 29 Emperor of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia... Albert Gallatin 1761, Jan 29 1788 1849 1849, Aug 12 a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. He was an important leader of th... James K. Polk 1795, Nov 2 1845 1849 1849, Jun 15 the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North... Richard M. Johnson 1780, Oct 17 1802 1850 1850, Nov 19 the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren ... Zachary Taylor 1784, Nov 24 1849 1850 1850, Jul 9 the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Be... Petar II Petrovic-Njegos 1813, Nov 1 1830 1851 1851, Oct 19 a Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered s... Carl Fredrik af Wingard 1781, Sep 26 1839 1851 1851, Sep 19 a Swedish politician and Lutheran clergyman, and Archbishop of Uppsala for the Lutheran Swedish C... Henry Clay 1777, Apr 12 1797 1852 1852, Jun 29 an American lawyer and planter, statesman, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both th... Daniel Webster 1782, Jan 18 1805 1852 1852, Oct 24 an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representi... Charles K. Williams 1782, Jan 24 1809 1852 1853, Mar 9 an American lawyer and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1... William R. King 1786, Apr 7 1806 1853 1853, Apr 18 an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th Vice President of the United States for six ... Millard Fillmore 1800, Jan 7 1850 1853 1874, Mar 8 the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853), the last Whig president, and the last pres... Kamehameha III 1814, Mar 17 1825 1854 1854, Dec 15 the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. Under his reign Hawaii evolved from an... Hamengkubuwono V 1820 1823 1855 1855 the fifth sultan of Yogyakarta, reigning from December 19, 1823 - August 17, 1826, and then from... Czar Nicholas I 1796, Jun 25 1825 1855 1855, Feb 18 the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finl... Josiah Quincy III 1772, Feb 4 1793 1856 1864, Jul 1 a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805-... Karl Nesselrode 1780, Dec 2 1816 1856 1862, Mar 11 a Baltic German diplomat. His mother was Jewish by origin and Protestant by faith. For forty year... Benjamin Tappan 1773, May 25 1799 1857 1857, Apr 20 an Ohio judge and Democratic politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States... Josiah Quincy Jr. 1802, Jan 17 1823 1857 1882, Nov 2 an American politician. He was mayor of Boston (December 11, 1845 – January 1, 1849), as was hi... Mangas Coloradas 1793 ca 1820 1859 1863 an Apache tribal chief and a member of the Mimbreño (Tchihende) division of the Central Apaches,... Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800, Oct 25 1825 1859 1859, Dec 28 a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his bo... King Oscar I of Sweden 1799, Jul 4 1844 1859 1859, Jul 8 King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste... Cornstalk 1720 ca 1760 186 1777 a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution. Cornstalk opposed... Lewis Cass 1782, Oct 9 1806 1860 1866, Jun 17 an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United St... William Walker 1824, May 8 1852 1860 1860, Sep 12 an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary, who organized several private military e... John McLean 1785, Mar 11 1807 1861 1861, Apr 4 an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster Ge... Sam Houston 1793, Mar 2 1812 1861 1863, Jul 26 an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United Sta... George M. Dallas 1792, Jul 10 1813 1861 1864, Dec 31 an American politician and diplomat who served as Mayor of Philadelphia, U.S. Senator from Pennsy... Abdulmecid I 1823, Apr 23/25 1839 1861 1861, Jun 25 the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 to 1861. Also Caliph (Islam) of the Ottoman Calip... George Abernethy 1807, Oct 7 1839 1861 1877, Mar 2 an American politician, pioneer, notable entrepreneur, and first governor of Oregon under the pro... Richard Cobden 1804, Jun 3 1828 1862 1865, Apr 2 an English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with two major free trade c... David Atchison 1807, Aug 11 1829 1862 1886, Jan 26 a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tem... Theron Metcalf 1784, Oct 16 1807 1865 1875, Nov 12 an American attorney and politician from Massachusetts. He was a New England jurist and served a... Edward Everett 1794, Apr 11 1813 1865 1865, Jan 15 an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whi... Emperor Komei 1831, Jul 22 1846 1867 1867, Jan 30 the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Komei's reign spann... Sir James Brooke 1803, Apr 29 1819 1868 1868, Jun 11 a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first ... Billy Bowlegs 1810 ca 1830 1869 1859 a leader of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second and Third Seminole Wars against the United... Black Kettle 1803 ca 1850 1869 1868 a prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenne, who led efforts to resist American settlement from ... John P. Kennedy 1795, Oct 25 1819 1870 1870, Aug 18 an American novelist and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from J... Napoleon III 1808, Apr 20 1852 1870 1873, Jan 9 the only President (1848–52) of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor (1... Horace Greeley 1811, Feb 3 1826 1872 1872, Nov 29 founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active i... John W. Geary 1819, Dec 30 1841 1873 1873, Feb 8 an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was ... John C. Breckinridge 1821, Jan 16 1841 1875 1875, May 17 a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in bo... Isaac Goodnow 1814, Jan 17 1838 1876 1894, Mar 20 an abolitionist and co-founder of Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas. Goodnow was also... Macon Bolling Allen 1816, Aug 4 1844 1876 1894, Jun 11 believed to be both the first African American licensed to practice law and to hold a judicial po... Brigham Young 1801, Jun 1 1832 1877 1877, Aug 29 an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. H... Lone Horn 1790 ca 1810 1879 1877 Born in present-day South Dakota, was chief of the Minneconjou Lakota. He participated in the sig... Zachariah Allen 1795, Sep 15 1815 1879 1882, Mar 17 an American textile manufacturer, scientist, lawyer, writer, inventor and civil leader from Provi... Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807, Jul 4 1833 1879 1882, Jun 2 an Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy. H... Benjamin Disraeli 1804, Dec 21 1826 1880 1881, Apr 19 a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in ... Ambrose Burnside 1824, May 23 1843 1881 1881, Sep 13 an American soldier, railroad-executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Islan... P. T. Barnum 1810, Jul 5 1832 1888 1891, Apr 7 an American politician, showman, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and f... John C. Fremont 1813, Jan 21 1833 1890 1890, Jul 13 an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti... Queen Victoria 1819, May 24 1837 1901 1901, Jan 22 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (and Supreme Governor of the Church of E... Major Ridge 1771 ca 1790 192 1839 a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the...
