President Early Years 1-17

Part of a surveying team in the Shenandoah Valley

1

Accompanied his half-brother Lawrence to the West Indies.

1

Fought in the French and Indian War.

1

Received the surrender of Lord Cornwallis's army.

1

Chair of the Constitutional Convention

1

Delegate to the First Continental Congress

1, 2

Member of the House of Burgesses (Virginia Legislature)

1, 3

Defended British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre

2

Negotiated the Treaty of Paris.

2

Attended Harvard College.

2, 6

U.S. Minister to France

2, 3, 5

Served on committee to prepare the Declaration of Independence.

2,3

Youngest member of the Continental Congress

3

Attended the College of New Jersey.

4

One of the authors of the Federalist Papers

4

Father of the U.S. Constitution

4

Helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.

5

Wounded at the Battle of Trenton.

5

U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1-8)

5, 8

Studied law under Thomas Jefferson.

5

Lived in Paris, the Netherlands, and Russia.

6

U.S. Minister to Russia (1-8)

6

Helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine.

6

Helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent.

6

Judge of superior court

7

Sent to subdue the Seminole Indians in Florida.

7

Wounded in several duels.

7

Captured with his brother by the British during the Revolutionary War.

7

Governor of the Florida Territory.

7

Attorney General of his native state.

8

Served under Winfield Scott.

12, 14

Made a brigadier general by President Polk.

14

40. Conferred with the U.S. Minister to Spain about the seizure of Cuba.

15

U.S Minister to Great Britain (9-17)

15

U.S. Minister to Russia (9-17)

15

Debates with Stephen Douglas gained him national recognition.

16

Served four terms in his state legislature as a Whig.

16

Worked as a tailor.

17

His wife helped him learn to read and write competently.

17