PEOPLE: The Founding Fathers of the United States worked to make America the global model for democracy
AGN.News Team
November 25, 2023
WASHINGTON (AGN.News) – The United States of America has always valued its young and older statesmen alike. The Founding Fathers knew governing the newly founded nation would require a unified government of laser-focused leaders.
Six memorable U.S. Founding Fathers
In 1776, the Founding Fathers came to value the young statesmen among them both for their energy and their desire to make America a global model of a successful democracy.
These young people brought a valuable array of experience to the founding principles that govern America today. They were energetic and highly motivated to support the newly found nation in 1776.
There were approximately 152 Founding Fathers. Among them were fifteen top leaders and seven key figures between the 1760s and the 1820s. This article will highlight six of the 152 Founding Fathers of the United States.
Six memorable U.S. Founding Fathers
In 1776, Robert R. Livingston (November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813) was 30 years old when America declared its independence from Great Britain.
He was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States.
He was known as “The Chancellor” after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman.
Livingston administered the oath of office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency on April 30, 1789.
Livingston County, Kentucky and Livingston County, New York, are named for him.
In 1776, John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was 31 years old. Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States.
He served as the second governor of New York. Jay was appointed by President George Washington the first Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1795.
The Jay Court experienced a light workload, deciding just four cases over six years.. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s.
In 1776, John Hancock (January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793) was 39 years old. He was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.
Hancock served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hancock is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that in the United States, John Hancock or Hancock has become a colloquialism for a person’s signature.
In 1776, Robert Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was 42 years old. Morris was an English-American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States.
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate.
He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.
From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the “Financier of the Revolution.” Along with Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin, he is widely regarded as one of the founders of the financial system of the United States.
In 1776, Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was 44 years old. He was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia. He was best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution.
The Lee Resolution was the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
Lee also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Continental Association and the Articles of Confederation.
Lee was also a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving part of that time as the second president pro tempore of the upper house.
1st U.S. President George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was 44 years old. Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
He was appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in June 1775. Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War.
Washington was commissioned on June 19 and officially appointed by Congress as “General & Commander in chief of the army of the United Colonies and of all the forces raised or to be raised by them”.
He then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution of the United States and established the American federal government. Washington has thus been called the “Father of his Country”.
Many honors and Washington’s legacy
Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington, most notably Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and the state of Washington, the only U.S. state to be named after a president.
On February 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. The 555-foot marble obelisk, which stands on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was built between 1848–1854 and 1879–1884 and was the tallest structure in the world between 1884 and 1889.
A number of secondary schools and universities are named in honor of Washington, including George Washington University and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Washington appears on contemporary U.S. currency, including the one-dollar bill, the Presidential one-dollar coin and the quarter-dollar coin (the Washington quarter).
Washington and Benjamin Franklin appeared on the nation’s first postage stamps in 1847. Washington has since appeared on many postage issues, more than any other person.
Founding Fathers are role models for today
These Founding Fathers whose ages were 30 to 44 years are models for today’s United States citizens who have been entrusted with leadership positions in governing.
A study of the lives and actions of the Founding Fathers reveals many of their thoughts and actions because they knew all eyes were on them to unify the nation..
Memorable roles of Founding Fathers
Some of the most outstanding qualities was their love and respect for the trust granted them, promotion of peace, exemplary behavior, and harmony among them even though they did not always agree on every issue.
Each of these men held additional important roles in the early government of the United States.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison served as the first four presidents; Adams and Jefferson were the nation’s first two vice presidents; Jay was the nation’s first chief justice; Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury; Jefferson and Madison were the first two Secretaries of State; and Franklin was America’s most senior diplomat from the start of the Revolutionary War through its conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Chaos and division found a home in the early days leading up to the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
Here’s the history of the leadup to the Constitution’s effective date: Created September 17, 1787; Presented September 28, 1787; Ratified on June 21, 1788; Date it became effective was March 4, 1789 (234 years ago).
Finally, there was a guiding document to be used in the planning of the future of the country. Now, after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States the Founding Fathers of the United States worked to make America the global model for democracy.
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