Similar to my "100 Americans" series, except they all have last or single names starting with "C". Includes Americans from many different walks of life.
1836-1926, Powerful Speaker of the House in the early 20th century
1878-1950, First woman elected to the United States Senate
1876-1950, Inventor of air conditioning, founded eponymous air-conditioning company
1737-1832, Maryland Catholic who was longest-surviving signer of Declaration of Independence, first President of B&O Railroad
1925-2005, Host of The Tonight Show from 1962-1992
1932-2003, Gravely singer of 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'I Walk the Line' and 'Ring of Fire'
1782-1866, MI Territorial Governor and Senator, 1848 Presidential loser
1859-1947, National American Woman Suffrage president in the early 20th century, founder of the League of Woman Voters
1936-1999, Basketball superstar who scored 100 points in an NBA game
1780-1842, one of the founders and foremost lights in Unitarianism, influenced the Transcendentalists
1808-1873, Civil War-era Treasury Secretary, Supreme Court chief justice, appears on the $10,000 bill
1924-2005, First Black woman in Congress, 1972 Presidential candidate
1875-1940, Automotive executive, worked at Buick and Willys prior to leading epoynmous auto company and building eponymous NYC skyscraper
b. 1948, Physicist, won Nobel Prize for laser research, Secretary of Energy (2009-2013)
b. 1954, Chicana author of “The House on Mango Street”
1752-1818, Revolutionary War General who captured Kaskaskia and Vincennes
1769-1828, New York City Mayor and New York Governor who spearheaded development of the Erie Canal
1814-1862, Inventor of the revolver, armaments millionaire
c. 1774-1813, Underling in the Corps of Discovery who was first white man to enter Yellowstone, noted for escaping Native Americans by running away naked
1893-1978, chemist, Harvard President, 1933-53, founder of National Science Foundation, diplomat
1791-1882, ironworks pioneer, builder of the B&O 'Tom Thumb', Greenback presidential candidate, founder of eponymous NYC institution
ca. 1840-1877, Lakota warleader, fought at Little Bighorn, being memorialized in South Dakota
1903-1977, Singer and actor known for renditions of 'White Christmas' and other holiday songs, won Academy Award for 'The Bells of St. Mary's'
1878-1930, Aviation pioneer, designed June Bug airplane, made first long-distance flight, owned aviation company that designed World War I planes
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