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James Walker Fannin TX revolutionary;wrote to U.S. Army officer in GA requesting financial aid for TX cause and West Point officers to command TX army;
Gov. Jim "Pa" Ferguson U.S. politician from TX; Governor as anti-prohibitionist Democrat; impeached by Senate and declared ineligible to hold office in TX
Miriam Amanda (M.A.) Wallace (Ma) Ferguson elected 1st female governor of TX after husband, James (Pa) was impeached; during campaign said she would follow advice of husband and that TX would get " two governors for the price of one"
Henry Ford Founder of Ford Motor Company, instituted modern assembly lines; introduced Model T auto which revolutionized transportation, held 161 patents
Benjamin Franklin one of Founding Fathers; noted author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat; invented lightning rod, bifocals, Franklin stove, carriage odometer, and a musical instrument
Elizabeth Freeman born Mum Bett; 1st African-American women set free in U.S.'sued for her freedom in MA; effectively prohibited slaver in MA from then on; great-grandmother to W.E.B. DuBois, noted activist, writer, professor
Robert Fulton engineer and inventor widely credited with developing 1st commercially successful steam-powered steamboat; also designed new type of steam warship
John Nance Garner (Cactus Jack) nicknamed because he fervently supported prickly pear cactus for state flower of TX; from Ulvade; Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives and 32nd U.S. Vice President
William Lloyd Garrison publisher of The Liberator, weekly paper advocating abolition of slavery;became leading figure in abolitionist movement
J.F. Glidden patented barbed wire, changing open range forever
Charles Goodnight served as scout/guide with Capt. Jack Cureton's Rangers protecting settlers from Comanches;found Cynthia Ann Parker amoung Indians; friend of Quanah Parker; found route from TX to Ft. Sumner to sell cattle, Goodnight-Loving Trail
Molly Dyer Goodnight wife of TX rancher Charles Goodnight; known as 1st lady of Palo Duro Canyon; only woman on JA Ranch established by Goodnight and John Adair for long period
Mikhail S Gorbachev Russian politician; last head of state of USSR, 1985 until its collapse in 1991; contributed to end of cold war; ended political supremacy of Communist Party in Russia; led to dissolution of Soviet Union; Nobel Peace Prize
Ulysses Grant general and 18th president; leading Union general in Civil War
Johann Gutenberg German goldsmith and printer; invented movable type printing in Europe and mechanical printing globally; major work was Gutenberg Bible
Alexander Hamilton 1st Sect. of Treasury, Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; co-wrote Federalist Papers; almost single-handedly worked out nation's financial system
John Hancock MA merchant and patriot leader; President of Second Continental Congress and 1st Governor of Commonwealth of MA; gave stirring speech on anniversary of Boston Massacre; famous for prominent signature on U.S. Declaration of Independence
Rutherford B. Hayes politician, lawyer, military leader, and 19th U.S. president; elected by 1 electoral vote after losing popular vote to opponent, Samuel Tilden, only president whose election wad decided by congressional commission
Patrick Henry prominent in American Revolution; famous "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech; proposed VA Stamp Act Resolution in 1765
Adolf Hitler Austrian-born German politician; led Nazis (National Socialist German Workers Party); Chancellor of Germany and Fuhrer; aspired to conquer work and create "pure" white race; responsible for death camps
Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese revolutionary, statesman; prime minister; led North Vietnamese in Vietnam War until his death; listed in Time as one of most influential people of 20th century
Oveta Culp Hobby 1st secretary of Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare; 1st commanding officer of Women's Army Corps (WAC), and chairman of board of Houston Post
Herman Hollerith German-American statistician; developed mechanical tabulator based on punched card using what became Hollerith Code; started Tabulating Machine Company, which later became IBM
Esek Hopkins 1st commodor of Continental Navy in 1775
Sam Houston former governor TN; headed TX volunteer army against Santa Anna at San Jacinto; twice elected President of Republic of TX, also U.S. Senator from TX, and governor; opponent of secession and resigned as governor instead of seceding
Dolores Huerta worked to better conditions for migrant workers in CA
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