William Bright (1826–1912) was a Wyoming territorial legislator and the person most responsible for securing women the right to vote in Wyoming. Although born in Virginia, Bright served in t...

Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was the leader of California's Workingmen's Party. Born in Ireland, he went to sea at age 11 as a cabin boy and rose to the rank of first mate by the time he first visit...

Henry Miller (1827–1916) was a California cattle baron and a litigant in Lux v. Haggin, a seminal State Supreme Court case establishing California water law. Born Heinrich Alfred Kreiser in Germa...

John Muir (1838–1914) was a naturalist and conservationist, and the founding president of the Sierra Club. Born in Scotland, he immigrated to America in 1849. Raised in rural Wisconsin, he e...

Carl Schurz (1829–1906) was the Secretary of the Interior from 1877 to 1881. Born in Germany, Schurz was among the revolutionaries forced to emigrate in 1848. After living briefly in Paris and Lo...