Famous Scots
- First Governors of USA
When the United States were first formed and the thirteen states selected their first governors, nine were of Scottish ancestry:
- Archibald Bulloch (Georgia)
- George Clinton (New York)
- William Livingston (New Jersey)
- John MacKinlay (Delaware)
- Jonathan Trumbull (Connecticut)
- Richard Caswell (North Carolina)
- Patrick Henry (Virginia)
- Thomas McKean (Pennsylvania)
- John Rutledge (South Carolina)
In addition, all the members of the first American cabinet had Scottish ancestry:
- Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson
- Secretary of the Treasury - Alexander Hamilton
- Secretary of War - Henry Knox
- Attorney General - Edmund Randolph
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