John Ross (Guwisguwi)
1790 CE–1866 CE · Cherokee country
Guwisguwi, known as John Ross, served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 until his death in 1866, the longest tenure in the Nation's history. He led the Cherokee through their legal and political fight against forced removal, pursuing their case even to the U.S. Supreme Court. When removal proceeded anyway, he guided the Nation through the 1838-1839 Trail of Tears, on which thousands died, including his own wife, and afterward worked to rebuild Cherokee government in the West.
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- Moshoeshoe I· 1786 CE–1870 CE
- James Buchanan· 1791 CE–1868 CE
- Chief Seattle (Si'ahl)· 1786 CE–1866 CE
- John Tyler· 1790 CE–1862 CE
- Nicholas I· 1796 CE–1855 CE
- Lord Palmerston· 1784 CE–1865 CE
- Ghezo· –1858 CE
- Martin Van Buren· 1782 CE–1862 CE
- James K. Polk· 1795 CE–1849 CE
- Osceola (Asi-yahola)· 1804 CE–1838 CE
- Camillo Cavour· 1810 CE–1861 CE
- Robert Peel· 1788 CE–1850 CE
- Adolphe Thiers· 1797 CE–1877 CE
- Bahadur Shah Zafar· 1775 CE–1862 CE
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