French painter known for his empathetic depictions of peasant farmers and a founder of the Barbizon school, who also explored pure landscapes in his later career

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker, known for bridging Neo-Classicism and Impressionism through his plein-air innovations

American politician and military officer who became the youngest U.S. Vice President and later a Confederate general

French composer known for the enduring popularity of his opera Carmen and other Romantic era orchestral works

17th President of the United States who served from 1865 to 1869, assuming office after Abraham Lincoln's assassination and navigating post-Civil War Reconstruction

American inventor and business leader who developed the Singer sewing machine and founded one of the first American multi-national businesses

American politician and writer who rose from poverty to become Vice President and a staunch opponent of slavery, tirelessly building anti-slavery coalitions and championing civil rights