Political figures that were taught at home: Patrick Henry – 1st governor of Virginia, proponent of 1776 secession from Great Britain Alexander Hamilton – 1st Secretary of the Treasury of the United States George Washington – 1st President of the United States John Adams – 2nd President of the United States and his wife Abigail Adams Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States James Madison – 4th President of the United States John Quincy Adams – 6th President of the United States Andrew Jackson – 7th President of the United States William Henry Harrison – 9th President of the United States John Tyler – 10th President of the United States James Garfield – 20th President of the United States Grover Cleveland – 22nd and 24th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United States, home schooled by his father Franklin D. Roosevelt – 32nd President of the United States, home schooled by parents and private tutors Each of these famous home schoolers were successful in the areas of art, literature, or music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Composer Laura Ingalls Wilder – Author of the Little House series of children’s novels. Robert Frost – American poet, best known for “The Road Not Taken.” J. R. R. Tolkien – English writer best known for “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, poet, philologist, and university professor. Tolkien was schooled at home by his mother until she died when he was 12. Louisa May Alcott – American novelist best known for “Little Women.” Taylor Swift – Singer, homeschooled during her junior and senior years. Pretty cool folks home schoolers famous in their own field: Susan B. Anthony – American civil rights leader Florence Nightingale – Founder of modern nursing Tim Tebow – American football player Bethany Hamilton – Professional surfer Joey Logano – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racer, youngest driver ever to win a NASCAR race. Andrew Carnegie – wealthiest steel industrialist Amadeo Giannini – Bank of America’s founder Soichiro Honda – creator of the Honda automobile company Ray Kroc – founder of McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain Adolph Ochs – New York Times founder Colonel Harland Sanders – started Kentucky Fried Chicken Dave Thomas – founder of the Wendy’s restaurant chain Clara Barton - founded the American Red Cross Famous Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell – invented the telephone John Moses Browning – firearms inventor and designer Peter Cooper – invented skyscraper, built first U.S. commercial locomotive Thomas Edison – invented the stock ticker, mimeograph, phonograph, and perfected the electric light bulb Elias Howe – invented sewing machine William Lear – airplane creator Guglielmo Marconi – developed radio Eli Whitney – invented the cotton gin Orville and Wilbur Wright – built the first successful airplane
