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Most pivotal citizens in US history.

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by DanOregon, Jun 18, 2023.

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  1. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    One of the Navel Academy's most prominent graduates.
     
    micropolitan guy, Jun 18, 2023
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  2. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Lee Harvey

    Joshua Chamberlain

    Julius Robert Oppenheimer
     
    Scout, Jun 18, 2023
    #14
  3. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Alexander Graham Bell was a good Scotsman born in Edinburgh and buried on his estate in Nova Scotia. He did most of his research work in Canada and rented a Boston lab so he could lay claim to a U.S. patent. His smartest move.
     
    Twirling Time, Jun 18, 2023
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  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Does Ben Franklin count as non-government?

    Thomas Paine.
     
    Batman, Jun 18, 2023
    #16
  5. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Ben Franklin was governor of Pennsylvania for a time and I guess he was an ambassador at some point. His life story is fricking amazing though. He gets my vote as a great pivot man.
     
    Twirling Time, Jun 18, 2023
    #17
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  6. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Steve Jobs
     
    playthrough, Jun 18, 2023
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  7. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    “without firing a gun”
     
    Regan MacNeil, Jun 19, 2023
    #19
  8. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Reading is hard.
     
    Scout, Jun 19, 2023
    #20
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Jackie Robinson, Woodward and Bernstein, Cesar Chavez.

    Would Eleanor Roosevelt count?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jun 19, 2023
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Thurgood Marshall (based solely on his lawyering)
    Frederick Douglass
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
     
    garrow, Jun 19, 2023
    #22
  11. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    As much as I hate to say it, Henry Ford. And Jeff Bezos.
     
    TigerVols, Jun 19, 2023
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  12. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

    And Sacagawea too — without whom the expedition never would have made it.
     
    I Should Coco, Jun 19, 2023
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