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There were seven Founding Fathers: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton. Out of those, four were president and three were not. John Jay, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton never became President of the United States.

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