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Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953; convinced President Truman to intervene in the Korean War
Second president; signed Alien and Sedition Acts
Secretary of state to James Monroe; sixth president
Vice president under Richard Nixon; resigned in 1973
Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001; helped formulate policy in the Kosovo War and Bosnian War
Pilot during Gemini 12; second person to walk on the moon
Sports Illustrated's 'Sportsman of the Century'; known for opposition to the Vietnam War
Third Circuit judge from 1990 to 2006; appointed to Supreme Court in 2006
Co-founder of the state of Vermont; formed the Green Mountain Boys which captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1775
CIA counterintelligence officer who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia; currently serving a life sentence
Governor of the Dominion of New England; overthrown during the 1689 Boston revolt
Journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the 1960s; author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
Arrested for voting in Rochester, NY, in 1872; played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
Suffered leg injuries in the Battle of Saratoga; defected to the British in 1780
First American civilian in space; first person to walk on the moon
Became president upon James Garfield's assassination; signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
Headed the U.S. Military Academy's tennis program in the late 1960s; first black man to win Wimbledon
Leading figure in the fur trade in the early 19th century; first American multi-millionaire
First casualty of the Boston Massacre; became an icon of the anti-slavery movement in the 19th century
Known as the Father of Texas; briefly took command of Texan forces in 1835
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