| A | B |
|---|
| George Mason | helped write the first VA Constitution and wrote the VA Decl. of Rights, 4th pres. |
| George Washington | 1st president |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president, wrote Statute for Religious Freedom, founded UVA, D of I |
| Edmund Randolph | Governor of VA, delegate to the Constitutional Convention |
| James Madison | Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Father of the Constitution, 4th president, compromiser |
| James Monroe | arranged Louisiana Purchase, 5th president, Era of Good Feelings |
| Meriwether Lewis | explored Louisiana Territory with William Clark |
| William Clark | explored Louisiana Territory with Meriwether Lewis |
| Cyrus McCormick | in 1831 invented the reaper for harvesting wheat |
| Matthew Maury | Pathfinder of the Seas, mapped ocean currents and reefs and charted weather |
| Daniel Boone | discovered the Cumberland Gap which allowed settlers to move west |
