100 American Heroes

[Allhallowsday]

15) Andrew Jackson
16) Harriet Tubman

Andrew Jackson was a bastard. 

[pacman000]

17) Daniel Boone

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[Allhallowsday]

14) Phyllis Schlafly
...

Not a hero. 

[bob]

18 John F. Kennedy

[pacman000]

19 Roger Williams:



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[indianasmith]

15) Andrew Jackson
16) Harriet Tubman

Andrew Jackson was a bastard. 

He saved New Orleans from the British, with all the disastrous possibilities a defeat there would have entailed. And for all his flaws, he expanded the electorate and listened to the voice of the common man.

[RCMerchant]

20. Geronimo
Apache warrior.

[Rev. Powell]

20. Geronimo
Apache warrior.

While he was a hero, I don't think he was an American. He was born an Apache in what was then Mexico. When he was in America, he was a prisoner of war. 

[bob]

21 Ruth Bader Ginsburg



Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women's rights.

[Allhallowsday]

22. HARRY TRUMAN

[chainsaw midget]

23. 
Bass Reeves, the man believed to be the real inspiration for the Lone Ranger. 

[pacman000]

24) Scott Joplin



Photo source: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Joplin.jpg

People who influence culture are heros too.
Ragtime led to Blues, Jazz, R&B, & Rock & Roll.

[indianasmith]

25.  Alexander Hamilton - a war hero during the Revolution, he helped frame the Constitution at Philadelphia, and then became the most powerful cabinet officer in American history, really the closest thing America ever had to a Prime Minister.  His financial plan restored America's credit and helped our fledgling republic avoid bankruptcy and ruin.  But for his premature death at the hands of Aaron Burr, he might well have become a great President.

[Allhallowsday]

15) Andrew Jackson
16) Harriet Tubman

Andrew Jackson was a bastard. 

He saved New Orleans from the British, with all the disastrous possibilities a defeat there would have entailed. And for all his flaws, he expanded the electorate and listened to the voice of the common man.

Yes.  A voice which may have encouraged the Trail of Tears. 

[indianasmith]

But that is a judgment on 19th century America as a whole, not on one man.  There is a danger in judging people who lived 200 years ago by the standards of today.