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Richard Hawes
Transylvania University — Class of ~1819 (est.)
PoliticsUnited States Representative; Second Confederate governor of Kentucky (1797-1877)
John Bell
Cumberland University — Class of ~1818 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican lawyer and politician (1796–1869)
William Pennington
The College of New Jersey — Class of ~1818 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1796-1862)
James K. Polk
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Class of ~1817 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849
William S. Fulton
University of Maryland, Baltimore — Class of ~1817 (est.)
Politics4th governor of Arkansas Territory (1795-1844)
Cave Johnson
Cumberland University — Class of ~1815 (est.)
PoliticsUnited States Representative (1793-1866)
James G. Birney
Transylvania University — Class of ~1814 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1792-1857)
Thomas Ewing
Ohio University-Main Campus — Class of ~1811 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1789–1871)
John J. Crittenden
Washington and Lee University — Class of ~1809 (est.)
PoliticsU.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787-1863)
William R. King
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Class of ~1808 (est.)
Politicsvice president of the United States from March to April 1853 (1786–1853)
Louis McLane
University of Delaware — Class of ~1808 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland (1786-1857)
John McLean
Stevens Institute of Technology — Class of ~1807 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican jurist and politician (1785-1861)
William T. Barry
Transylvania University — Class of ~1806 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1784–1835)
Zachary Taylor
Virginia Military Institute — Class of ~1806 (est.)
Politicspresident of the United States from 1849 to 1850
Daniel Webster
Dartmouth College — Class of ~1804 (est.)
Politics14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)
Richard Mentor Johnson
Transylvania University — Class of ~1802 (est.)
Politicsvice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841
William Henry Harrison
University of Pennsylvania — Class of ~1795 (est.)
Politicspresident of the United States in 1841
John Quincy Adams
Harvard University — Class of ~1789 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of the United States from 1825 to 1829
John Breckinridge
Washington and Lee University — Class of ~1782 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1760–1806)
William Polk
Queens University of Charlotte — Class of ~1780 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician and military officer (9 July 1758 – 14 January 1834)
Aaron Ogden
The College of New Jersey — Class of ~1778 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican soldier, lawyer and politician (1756–1839)
James Madison
Princeton University — Class of ~1773 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of the United States from 1809 to 1817
John Adams
Harvard University — Class of ~1757 (est.)
PoliticsFounding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801