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Born 1728 • Herkimer • New York
Died August 16, 1777 (aged 49) • New York
Role In Battle of Oriskany
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
president of United States
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
president of United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
United States jurist and statesman
U.S. President Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
president of United States
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
American politician
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
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Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo
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Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
vice president of United States
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer
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Benjamin Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
United States jurist
John Jay
John Jay
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William H. Seward
William H. Seward
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Moses, Robert
Robert Moses
American public official
A history-making politician
Shirley Chisholm
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W. Averell Harriman
W. Averell Harriman
American diplomat
Samuel Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
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Al Smith
Al Smith
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Boss Tweed
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