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(#18) John Jay Married A 17-Year-Old
John Jay wasn't just a diplomat, a Supreme Court Justice, and a politician. He also married a much younger woman. In 1774, Jay was close to thirty, and his bride, Sarah Livingston, was only seventeen. Teen weddings were more common in the colonial era, but it's still quite the age gap.
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(#11) Thomas Jefferson Had A Pet Bird Named Dick
Thomas Jefferson kept pet mockingbirds and was the first to have a pet in the White House. One of his birds was named Dick. Jefferson kept the bird in his study, and Dick just so happened to be the Founding Father's favorite. Unfortunately, history does not record whether Jefferson used his bird to make dick jokes.
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(#19) James Madison Had 12 Younger Siblings
James Madison wasn't the only Madison running around in the colonial era. In fact, the future president had twelve younger siblings. Apparently the being the first born made James a natural leader. Sadly, almost half of his siblings died before reaching adulthood.
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(#14) It Took Two Centuries To Establish The Hamilton House Memorial
Alexander Hamilton might have helped found the United States, serving as George Washington's chief staff aide and the first Secretary of the Treasury, but it still took over 200 years to get a location for his monument. "The Grange" was a house originally built in 1802. It was relocated to memorialize Hamilton after his death in 1804. Finally, in 2008, the Grange was moved to St. Nicholas Park where it stands as a memorial to Hamilton.
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(#1) Benjamin Franklin Volunteered For The Fire Department
Benjamin Franklin not only gave birth to the United States and invented all kinds of stuff you've probably heard of, like bifocals, he also put out literal fires. Franklin not only established America's first volunteer fire department, but he was a firefighter himself and volunteered after witnessing a local blaze.
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(#16) James Madison Married A Woman 17 Years Younger Than Him
James Madison had a May-December romance with his future first lady, Dolley Madison. When the two married in 1794, Dolley Payne Todd was a full seventeen years younger than the future president. But the marriage worked out well for both, and Dolley became one of the most beloved first ladies in history.
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Founding fathers are the most influential people in American history. Creating a country is not easy, and these founding fathers also have a dark history. We cannot deny that the great founding fathers guided the development of the United States. Every founding father made a unique contribution to the people and to the people's democratic government. But we need to review the American Revolution with critical thinking. The fact is that these founding fathers are not always so noble.
These leaders worked together to determine a viable government framework, but they also made some cruel and dark moves in the process of taking power and promoting the revolution. The random tool shares 19 little-known things about the American founding fathers.
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