People who were home-educated, either for some of their childhood or without attending school at all, include: * Patrick Henry first governor of Virginia, proponent of 1776 secession from Great Britain, opponent of U.S. Constitution * Alexander Hamilton first secretary of the treasury of the United States * George Washington first president of the United States * Abigail Adams wife of John Adams * John Adams second president of the United States * Thomas Jefferson third president of the United States * James Madison fourth president of the United States * John Quincy Adams sixth president of the United States * Andrew Jackson seventh president of the United States * William Henry Harrison ninth president of the United States * John Tyler tenth president of the United States * J