Revolutionary patriot, soldier, politician, first Grand Master of Masons in New Hampshire, and a resident of Durham, John Sullivan left the Continental Congress to serve under Washington from Cambridge to Valley Forge. He commanded at Rhode Island in 1778 and led the campaign against the Six Nations in New York in 1779. He re-entered Congress, then served three terms as Governor of New Hampshire, led the fight for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and became a federal district judge.