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  2. Jefferson F. Long - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson Franklin Long (March 3, 1836 – February 4, 1901) was a U.S. congressman from Georgia. He was the second African American sworn into the U.S. House of ...

  3. List of African-American Republicans - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson Franklin Long (1836–1901), U.S. Representative from Georgia Z. Alexander Looby (1899–1972) Nashville lawyer, member of the Nashville City Council from 1951 to 1971 Nic Lott (born 1979), chairman for the Mississippi Young Republicans and Mississippi College Republicans

  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms.

  5. List of multilingual presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Regarding Spanish, Jefferson told John Quincy Adams that he had learned the language over the course of nineteen days while sailing from the United States to France. He had borrowed a Spanish grammar and a copy of Don Quixote from a friend and read them on the voyage. Adams expressed skepticism, noting Jefferson's tendency to tell "large ...

  6. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...

  7. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison served as the first four presidents; Adams and Jefferson were the nation's first two vice presidents; [15] Jay was the nation's first chief justice; [16] Hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury; [17] Jefferson was the first secretary of state; [18] [19] and Franklin was America's most senior ...

  8. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [12]

  9. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Because Paine had few friends when arriving in France aside from Lafayette and Jefferson, he continued to correspond heavily with Benjamin Franklin, a long time friend and mentor. Franklin provided letters of introduction for Paine to use to gain associates and contacts in France. [74]