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President of the United States in 1881; assassinated just months into his presidency
Starred as Dorothy Gale in 1939's 'The Wizard of Oz'; on AFI's list of the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema
FDR's vice president from 1933 to 1941; disagreed with FDR over enlarging the Supreme Court
Founded the abolitionist newspaper 'The Liberator' in 1831; advocate for women's suffrage in the 1870s
Co-founded Microsoft in 1975; long-time wealthiest person in the world
Apache leader who fought against Mexico and Texas; surrendered as a prisoner of war in 1886
Representative from Arizona from 2007 to 2012; survived an assassination attempt in January 2011
Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999; architect of the 'Contract with America'
Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993; administered Al Gore's oath of office in 1997
First American to orbit the Earth in 1962; senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999
Republican nominee for president in the 1964 election; helped to force President Nixon's resignation in 1974
Founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1886; attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919
Vice president under Bill Clinton; won the popular vote in the 2000 election, but lost the electoral vote
Baptist minister who served as a spiritual adviser to several presidents; bailed Martin Luther King out of jail in the 1960s
Commanding general of the United States Army during the Civil War; president from 1869 to 1877
Editor of the New-York Tribune; popularized the use of the phrase 'Go west, young man'
Major general who forced General Cornwallis to retreat from the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War; known as 'The Fighting Quaker'
Proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism during the 1950s and 1960s; Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006
First American women advocates of abolition and women's rights; toured churches during the mid-1800s to denounce slavery
Joined the Oneida community in New York in 1860; assassinated the U.S. president in 1881
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