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Weekly History
Challenge
This week's prize is the
audio CD "Biblical
Principles of the Ballot Box" by Doug Phillips
On April 28th, 1758, this future U.S.
President was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He
was a lieutenant colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and served
in the Constitutional Convention, the U.S.
Senate, as governor of Virginia, Minister to France, Great Britain
and Spain. He was appointed as Secretary of State under Thomas
Jefferson, and also served
as the US Secretary of War under James Madison during the war on
1812. He helped negotiate the Louisiana
Purchase from Napoleon and also helped in the negotiation in the
acquiring of Florida from Spain. On March 5th, 1821, in his Second
Inaugural Address, he stated: "The liberty, prosperity, and
happiness of our country will always be the object of my most
fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good".
Name this U.S. President.
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