Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was born in May, 29, 1736 and died on June, 6, 1799. Patrick Henry's passionate and fiery orator exceeds that of even Samuel Adams. His personality was a curious antidote for the serious honor of George Washington. When he was young his family knew he wasn't going to be a farmer and his family trained him for academe by age 10. At age 21 his father set him in a business that he soon bankrupted thereafter. In 1767 he was elected governor of Virginia. In 1795 when Washington had became president he appointed Patrick as secretary of state but he declined and declined again because of bad health when President Adams appointed him envoy of France and died at the age of 63.