Famous Rhode Islanders

	Edward Bannister Award-winning African American painter.
	Ambrose Burnside Civil War general and West Point graduate.
	George M. Cohan Singer, dancer, producer, actor, playwright, and composer - the only composer to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
	Ann Smith Franklin The first female newspaper editor in the United States.
	Nathanael Greene Revolutionary War general, second-in-command to George Washington.
	Esek Hopkins First commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy.
	Stephen Hopkins One of two Rhode Islanders to sign the Declaration of Independence.
	Anne Hutchinson The first woman to establish a town in America; Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
	Sissieretta Jones African American opera star used her voice to break barriers.
	Napolean Lajoi The American League's first batting champion and an inductee in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	Oliver Hazard Perry Hero of the Battle of Lake Erie (1813).
	Samuel Slater Father of the American textile industry
	Gilbert Stuart Foremost painter of portraits of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
	Roger Williams Clergyman, advocate of religious freedom, and founder of Rhode Island.

Senator Jack Reed