Favorite Founding Father?

I've always thought the Founding Fathers don't get enough respect nowadays. Which ones do you like?

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Benjamin Franklin

Leader! Most 1st Place Votes
Inventor, statesman, printer, first Postmaster General. Should have been president.

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37  votes
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Thomas Jefferson

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16  votes
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Alexander Hamilton

Historians regard Hamilton as the Founding Father who most effectively advocated the principles of a strong centralized federal go... [show more]

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George Washington

How can we forget the first president, and more importantly, the leader of the Rebel forces during the revolutionary war. He had f... [show more]

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John Adams

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7  votes
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John Jay

One of the authors of The Federalist Papers and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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James Madison

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Don King

He founded the best American hairstyle.

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Samuel de Champlain

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Charles Carroll of Carrollton

mainly because I'm descended from him...

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William Whipple

Delegate from N.H. who signed the Declaration of Independence. Also an ancestor of mine.

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Sam Member (Level 5): 3,279 points   2 years ago

Alexander Hamilton had a twin?!

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uewebawo Member (Level 6): 5,946 points   2 years ago

who was. apparently, also named alexander... i bet it got confusing for his family... of course the submitter will delete one of his answers and then we'll look like jerks

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Sam Member (Level 5): 3,279 points   2 years ago

aren't we already jerks?

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uewebawo Member (Level 6): 5,946 points   2 years ago

i'm an asshole, you're a jerk, remember?

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This topic was started by rph2go Member (Level 7): 38,400 points on June 13th, 2006. 59 grupies have voted on one or more of the 11 answers.

Tags: american, best, favorite, founding father, history, politics

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