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Carter Glass, a U.S. senator and architect of the Federal Reserve, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Eric Cantor of Richmond served as U.S. House Majority Leader, the highest congressional post held by a Jewish American.

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George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, was a Founding Father born in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Politician · Military

George Washington was the first President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army, born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

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Henry Clay, the "Great Compromiser" and architect of the American System, was born in Hanover County, Virginia.

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James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution" and fourth U.S. president, was born in Port Conway, Virginia.

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James Monroe, the fifth U.S. president and author of the Monroe Doctrine, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Jurist · Politician

John Marshall, the longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Politician · Activist

John Mercer Langston, Virginia's first Black congressman, was born in Louisa County, Virginia.

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John Randolph of Roanoke, a fiery congressman and defender of states' rights, was born in Prince George County, Virginia.

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John Tyler, the tenth U.S. president and first to ascend to the office on a president's death, was born in Charles City County, Virginia.

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L. Douglas Wilder of Richmond became the first African American elected governor of a U.S. state.

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Nancy Astor, the first woman to sit as a member of the British House of Commons, was born in Danville, Virginia.

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Patrick Henry, the Revolutionary orator who declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!", was born in Hanover County, Virginia.

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Richard Henry Lee, who moved the resolution for American independence in 1776, was born at Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Politician · Military

Sam Houston, the general who won Texas independence and became its first elected president, was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Politician · Author

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States, born in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Politician · Military

William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president and hero of Tippecanoe, was born at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.

Politician · Educator

Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth U.S. president who led the nation through World War I, was born in Staunton, Virginia.

Politician · Military

Zachary Taylor, the twelfth U.S. president and a career soldier known as "Old Rough and Ready," was born in Orange County, Virginia.