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happybird

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2. Major General Arthur St. Clair is my ancestor

Reply to Smackdown2019 (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2020, 10:20 PM

Feb 2020

He was a President of the Continental Congress and the first Governor of the Northwest Territory, as well as a close friend of George Washington, but he was never PotUS.

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Not quite. Zolorp Feb 2020 #1

Major General Arthur St. Clair is my ancestor happybird Feb 2020 #2

We will snicker at you. former9thward Feb 2020 #3

Who could forget Thomas Mifflin's great-great-great-great-great grandson Dunder Takket Feb 2020 #4

I used to tease my 10th grade students with, "Who was the first president of the United States?" 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #5

When I was 14...I thought this was clever. tritsofme Feb 2020 #6