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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Good God!
* [[Composite Character]]: The playwrights rolled aspects of his cousin Sam Adams into the character.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Dead Presidents]]
== [[Benjamin Franklin]] (Howard da Silva) ==
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* [[Gentleman Snarker]]
* [[Happily Married]]
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* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]
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* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[Drunken Master]]: ''Claims'' that drinking rum helps him.
{{quote|It's a medicinal fact that rum gets a man's heart started in the morning.}}
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]
== Charles Thomson ==
The Congressional secretary, who is called on to take roll, conduct votes, and read motions, legislation and declarations. Appears to be little more than a [[Living Prop]] at first... but turns out to have [[Hidden Depths]].
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* [[Adaptational Badass]]: Inverted. The historical Thomson was an active patriot leader and a bit of a brawler, as opposed to the quiet, almost effeminate figure we see in the play.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Gets much love from ''1776'' fans for his "I stand with the General" speech and not-quite-solo.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Just like the more famous members of the cast, Thomson was [[w:Charles Thomson|a real person]].
== Samuel Chase ==
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: he walks in and out a few times but has no dialogue. Then, in comes 'Mama, Look Sharp' and he's one of the most remembered charecters in the play.
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The Congressional Custodian. Seems to spend most of his time getting rum for Stephen Hopkins (and is glad when he no longer has to). Has strong feelings about what countries should be named.
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* [[Catchphrase]]: "Suh-''weet'' Jesus!"
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Just like the more famous members of the cast, Andrew McNair was [http://americanhistoryonline.blogspot.com/2008/08/andrew-mcnair-congressional-doorkeeper.html a real person].
* [[Living Prop]]: Other than having the first lines in the play, the scene when he introduces Dr. Lyman Hall to the workings of Congress, and his final lines where he objects to "The United States of America" as a name for a new country, McNair has surprisingly little to do for so memorable a character. Most of the time he's simply tearing sheets off the calendar on the wall.
* [[Only One Name]]: His first name is used only once -- when he introduces himself to Dr. Lyman Hall. Everyone addresses him by his last name, and he even encourages Dr. Hall to do so:
{{quote|If you be wantin' anything at all, just holler out 'McNair!' as all the others do and there won't be too long to wait.}}
== Martha Jefferson (Blythe Danner) ==
Tiny, wasp-waisted wife of Thomas Jefferson. Given how easily (and wittily) she banters with both Franklin and Adams, it's clear she's her husband's intellectual equal. Clever, beautiful, a skilled dancer, and utterly besotted with her husband.
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* [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]]: She never visited hubby in Philadelphia.
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Absolutely miniature in comparison to the six-foot-plus Jefferson.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: well, Two
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The absolutely gorgeous white gown she wears during "He Plays the Violin".
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Snogs Jefferson long enough to completely forget and completely ignore ever meeting Franklin and Adams until the next day.
== [[George Washington]] ==
An obscure figure from the Revolution no one has heard of since. Never appears on stage. Sends depressing letters to Congress.
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* [[The Eeyore]]
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