Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
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29 May 1736 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, USA
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6 June 1799 (aged 63) Brookneal, Virginia, US
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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