Which Founding Father are YOU?

Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 7 months ago to Politics
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I got George Washington. No idea why.


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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 7 months ago
    I got George too, but I found the last question the most difficult to answer: How would you get your point across. My _actual_ answer was 'all of the above'. I chose Take Action because it was probably what distinguished me the most from all of my friends who would also State Opinion, Write Opinion, and Draw Diagrams...all of which I would also do, in different situations.

    Jan
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 7 months ago
    Another Ben Franklin here. I am not really surprised. I read his "...Autobiography & Other Writings" when young and no other autobiography has made a greater impression since.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 9 years, 7 months ago
    I got Thomas Jefferson, I am presuming from the strong education and writing preferences. Kinda silly, but fun, nevertheless.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Only 49% of the 55 Founders that attended the Constitutional Convention were slave owners. Those that did not were...
    Connecticut,
    Ellsworth (Elsworth) Oliver,
    Sherman, Roger
    Delaware
    Bedford, Gunning, Jr.
    Georgia
    Baldwin, Abraham
    Pierce, William L.*
    Maryland
    McHenry, James
    Massachusetts
    Gerry, Elbridge*
    Gorham, Nathaniel
    King, Rufus
    Strong, Caleb*
    New Hampshire
    Gilman, Nicholas
    Langdon, John
    New Jersey
    Brearly (Brearley), David
    Dayton, Jonathan
    Houston, William C.*
    Paterson (Patterson), William
    New York
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Lansing, John, Jr.*
    Yates, Robert *
    North Carolina
    Williamson, Hugh
    Pennsylvania
    Clymer, George
    Fitzsimons, Thomas
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Ingersoll, Jared
    Mifflin, Thomas
    Morris, Gouverneur
    Wilson, James
    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams did not attend the Convention. Of the two, Adams never was a slave owner.
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  • Posted by mccwho 9 years, 7 months ago
    When asked what political party I am.
    I always say," I am a Jeffersonian", because I follow the consitution not any political parties agenda!
    I also believe in the creed, "To free the oppressed."
    So I guess I am a 50/50 mix of Jefferson and Major Robert Rogers.
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  • Posted by eddieh 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not everyone is perfect and I didn't give that a thought. I always look for the best in people and sometimes do not see the bad. I helps in marrage and in life.
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  • Posted by CTYankee 9 years, 7 months ago
    Benjamin Franklin! (Wow, I've always admired him.)

    First of all you're super cool because you created electricity. You also created the first volunteer fire department program so that's great. Basically you're really well rounded so the country needs you to help keep them grounded

    Ben was also an inventor & engineer, and my favorite political quote: "Never argue with a man who buys his ink by the barrel."
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    John Adams opposed slavery and his wife Abigail was a very strong woman. She tended their farm during his long absences during the Revolutionary war. You should take the test and see if you get John Adams.
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  • Posted by RimCountry 9 years, 7 months ago
    Did anyone else get James Madison...? I couldn't be more proud! If only...
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  • Posted by eddieh 9 years, 7 months ago
    The test would not load, but I believe Ben b/c I tend to be a peacemaker when there are disagreements and I am an optician who hand makes franklin bifocals the old fashion way (I always joke that he taught me how) for special prism eyeglasses. I also have no problem (so far) handling electricty. ZAP!!!!
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 7 months ago
    I am the father of our country. Look up at this dino with awe. I am dino: Hear me roar.
    Kind of thought it would be Ben. Ever since I was a kid and my father said his founding father was Franklin, I became kinda partial to him, reading a book about his life, growing up to admire him on the History Channel and so forth.
    Thought how Washington sacked Trenton was really cool, though. But to get dino across the Delaware River, they'd need a bigger boat,
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 7 months ago
    I came up as Ben Franklin, but I thought the first question was stupid. As a libertarian, I am not looking to change anything for others, rather to allow others to change what they want for themselves.
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I did another one of these and GOT sam adams. much better for me than Ben. but there was that electricity thing...so...
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