Surrender at Yorktown (1781) Countries whose capital is not on the coast, William Hooper North Carolina 2 Yes Yes William Livingston New Jersey 2 Yes Yes. . . . Secession of Southern States, Year Democratic Republican The Congress of the United States serves two distinct purposes that overlap: local representation to the federal government of a congressional district by representatives and a state's at-large representation to the federal government by senators, A few Founding Fathers lived into their nineties including: Paine Wingate who died at age 98; Charles Carroll of Carrollton who died at age 95; Charles Thomson who died at 94; William Samuel Johnson who died at 92; and John Adams who died at 90 Among those who lived into their eighties were Benjamin Franklin Samuel Whittmore John Jay Thomas Jefferson James Madison John Armstrong Jr Hugh Williamson and George Wythe Approximately 16 died while in their seventies and 21 in their sixties Three (Alexander Hamilton Richard Dobbs Spaight and Button Gwinnett) were killed in duels Two John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day July 4 1826.
Main articles: George Washington and slavery Slavery in the colonial United States and Slavery in the United States, Capitals that are not the seat of government. .
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