WEphraim Bateman represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1823.
WCecil William Bishop was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.
WJohn C. Bowers was an African American entrepreneur, organist and vestryman at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and a founding member of the first Grand United Order of Odd Fellows for African Americans in Pennsylvania. He was active in the anti-slavery movement in Philadelphia, and involved in the founding of several organizations including the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. "A fervent abolitionist and outspoken opponent of colonization, [he] was much in demand as a public speaker."
WMalan Breton is a Taiwanese-born, fashion designer, film, and music video director, columnist, costume designer, Pop music performer, television and film producer, actor, and Goodwill Ambassador to Taiwan. In 2019, Malan Breton was named UK “Ambassador of the Arts” for his work in fashion, for UK Parliament and the Parliamentary Society for Arts, Sports, and Fashion, by Director Rebeca Riofrio, presided over by Zac Goldsmith PC. He launched his namesake fashion label "Malan Breton" in 2005, Malan Breton Homme in 2010, and Fantôme Malan Breton in 2012. The labels are associated with menswear, womenswear, accessories, underwear, fragrance, cosmetics, and bridal. On 27 March 2020, Malan Breton released his first music single, a cover of "Somethin' Stupid", featuring Japanese pop band Emergency Tiara. The song debuted on the iTunes French pop chart at number 10. An article in American Songwriter cited "Breton brings a new sound to pop, with his distinct, warm vocals, that carry the perfect amount of debonair quality."
WCharity Bryant was an American business owner and writer. She was a diarist and wrote acrostic poetry. Because there is extensive documentation for the shared lives of Bryant and her partner, Sylvia Drake, their diaries, letters and business papers have become an important part of the archive in documenting the history of same-sex couples.
WCarolyn Clark was an American seamstress who created the first line of Mickey Mouse dolls and other Disney characters. She is also related to Looney Tunes director Bob Clampett.
WJacob W. Davis (1831–1908) was a Latvian-born American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans. Growing up in Latvia, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them.
WSusie Schmitt Hanson was a milliner, dressmaker and entrepreneur from Minnesota. As the owner of one of Waconia's longest-running businesses, she remains a prominent figure in the history of that town.
WAndrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, coming to office as the Civil War concluded. He favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union without protection for the former slaves. This led to conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868. He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.
WJeremiah Calvin Lanphier was an American lay missionary in New York City, popularly regarded as having been instrumental in instigating the American religious revival of 1857–58.
WWilliam Mitchell Rodman was a tailor and 7th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island 1857-1859.
WLeslie Segrete is an American designer, seamstress, carpenter, and television personality. She is best known for her work on the TLC show While You Were Out, which concluded a four-year run in 2006. She also appeared as a designer on Trading Spaces and Ugliest House on the Block. She currently co-hosts The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show with Tom Kraeutler. In 2014, she joined the television show Hotel Impossible as a designer.
WEmma L. Shaw is remembered as a nonconformist. She was a tailor and a farmer before becoming associate editor of Good Health in Battle Creek, Michigan.
WYosel Tiefenbrun also known as Rabbitailor, is an American tailor and rabbi, based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He is best known for being a Savile Row-trained bespoke tailor. Tiefenbrun has been awarded Best in Show at the Golden Shears Award Ceremony.
WCeola Wallace was an American seamstress and civil rights activist from Mississippi. She was one of the African-American women who filed lawsuits in the women's poll tax repeal movement to eliminate the requirement to pay taxes before one could vote. She was active in the 1964 voter registration, Freedom Summer Project.
WSara Spencer Washington was the founder of Apex News and Hair Company and was honored at the 1939 New York World's Fair as one of the "Most Distinguished Businesswomen" for her Apex empire of beauty company, schools, and products. Washington gave back to her community, whether founding a nursing home called Apex Rest in Atlantic City, New Jersey or the Apex Golf Club, one of the first African-American owned golf courses in the nation.
WWilhelm Christian Weitling was a German tailor, inventor, radical political activist and of the first theorists of communism. Weitling gained fame in Europe as a social theorist before he emigrated to the United States.