ancestry Jack Coghill Merian C. Cooper Samuel W. Crawford, U.S. Army surgeon and Union general in the American Civil War Davy Crockett, frontiersman, U.S. Congressman and a defender of the Alamo Marcus Henderson Cruikshank Alexander J. Dallas George M. Dallas, Vice president of the United States, US Senator from Pennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia and Secretary of the Treasury. US Minister to Court of St. James and Russia Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont John Edwards James E. Ferguson Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States William Fleming James Florio, Governor of New Jersey John B. Frazier John Kenneth Galbraith, economist Alexander Garden, American Revolutionary War soldier James Lorraine Geddes James Gilfillan, 13th Treasurer of the United States Henry Bell Gilkeson Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House. John Glenn, former U.S. Senator from Ohio, Marine Corps aviator and astronaut; first American to orbit the earth, Mercury/Friendship 7 John B. Gordon, Confederate general Arthur F. Gorham, World War II paratrooper and hero during the invasion of Sicily Archibald Gracie III Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator from New York Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, Union Army General, 1864 promoted to Lieutenant General and Commander of all the Union armies in American Civil War. Charles McNeill Gray Robert Gray William Halsey Jr., Fleet Admiral during World War II in the Pacific theater Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and first signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, known for his large signature Steny Hoyer, Democratic House Majority leader in the 116th Congress, and a U.S. representative from Maryland's 5th congressional district Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States. Colonel of the 23rd Ohio in the American Civil War, Later Brevetted to Brigadier General then Major General during the Civil War George Hairston, politician Robert Hairston, politician, military officer Patrick Henry, Revolutionary War officer, colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry, known for the "give me liberty, or give me death!" speech Harold G. Hoffman, Governor of New Jersey William Hooper Sam Houston, 1st and 3rd president of Texas and later 7th governor of Texas, 6th Governor of Tennessee 1827–1829, US Congressman from Tennessee and US Senator from Texas. Major General in the Texas Revolution. Defeated