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Henry Clay was a prominent American attorney, statesman, and orator who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during the early 19th century. He served multiple terms as Speaker of the House and was appointed Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams. Ni...
Lajos Kossuth, often anglicized as Louis Kossuth, was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, and statesman who led the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Seeking independence from the Austrian Empire, he served as the governor-president of the short-lived Hungarian republic. After the revolution was suppressed...
Cincinnatus was a 5th-century BCE Roman statesman famed for relinquishing dictatorial power after a military victory and returning voluntarily to his farm.
José Bonifácio de Andrada was a Brazilian statesman and naturalist who advised Pedro I and helped organize Brazil's 1822 independence.
Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian nationalist, economist, and statesman who worked with Sukarno in the movement against Dutch colonial rule. The two men proclaimed Indonesia's independence on 17 August 1945, after which Hatta became the republic's first vice president. He also served as prime ministe...
Apolinario Mabini was a Filipino revolutionary thinker and statesman who shaped the 1899 First Philippine Republic and helped draft its constitution.
