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Most influential U.S. founding figures — Yourlist

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Most influential U.S. founding figures

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

The room where it happened.

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

George Washington▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 4 rankings
75
Thomas Jefferson▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
66
Benjamin Franklin▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
56
Alexander Hamilton▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
14
James Madison▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
13
John Adams
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
7
John Jay▼ Falling
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
-14
Thomas Paine▼ Falling
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
-46

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PPablo Patel10h
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
DDmitri Reyes1d
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.
NNoah Ivanov6d
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
OOscar Rossi3d
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.