Joseph Stanton Jr.: Rhode Island's Anti-Federalist

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BrandyWine.001Joseph Stanton, Jr. (19 July 1739 – 1807) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction. Stanton was born in Charlestown, Rhode Island in 1739. He served in the state legislature from 1768 to 1774. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a colonel in the Rhode Island militia. After the war, he served as a general in the state militia. He was a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional convention in 1790, and as a U.S. Senator from 7 June 1790 to 3 March 1793. He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1807.

 

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John Steele: The President's Comptroller

First_Congress.001John Steele (November 16, 1764 – August 14, 1815) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina between 1790 and 1793. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1764, Steele attended Clio's Nursery and the English School, both near his hometown. Named assessor in 1784 and a town commissioner in 1787, Steele was first elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1787 and served again multiple times: in 1788, 1794, 1795, 1806, and from 1811-1813. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in Hillsborough in 1788 and to the 1789 convention in Fayetteville which ratified a new state constitution, and was a special commissioner from North Carolina to treat with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians from 1788 to 1790.

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Peter Silvester: University of New York's Regent

signing-constitution.001Peter Silvester (1734 – 15 October 1808) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He is also the grandfather of New York Representative Peter Henry Silvester. Born at Shelter Island, New York on Long Island, Silvester completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1763, and practiced in Albany, New York. Silvester held a variety of positions in New York including: member of the Albany Common Council in 1772, member of the Committee of Safety in 1774. 

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Daniel Hiester: American Political and Millitary Leader

FlagConstitution.001Daniel Hiester (June 25, 1747 – March 7, 1804) was an American political and military leader from the Revolutionary War period to the early 19th Century. Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, he was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty. He was the brother of John Hiester and Gabriel Hiester, cousin of Joseph Hiester, and the uncle of William Hiester and U.S. Rep. Daniel Hiester (1774 – 1834). Hiester's father, also named Daniel Hiester, emigrated from Silesia in 1737 and settled in Goshenhoppen (now Bally), Pennsylvania, afterward purchasing a tract of several thousand acres in Berks County. After completing his education, the young Hiester engaged in the mercantile business in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Tucker: Early Supporter of Independence

Thomas_Tucker.001Thomas Tudor Tucker (June 25, 1745– May 2, 1828) was an American physician and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the U.S. House. He later served as Treasurer of the United States. Thomas was born in St. George, Bermuda to a family prominent in that colony since his ancestors immigrated from England in 1662. His parents were Henry (1713-1785) and Ann Tucker. As a youth, Thomas studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. After graduating he moved first to Virginia before settling in Charleston, South Carolina and opening a practice.

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