Benedict Arnold
1741 – 1801
American

Soldier. The most famous traitor in American history, he began as a valued staff officer on the American side of the Revolutionary War, eventually plotted to hand his command, West Point, over to the British, and ended the war as a British officer. In time his name became a by-word for treachery. ("So and so is a Benedict Arnold.")

Contemporaries
1801–1877Brigham Young
1732–1799George Washington
1793–1880Lucretia Mott
1781–1849William Miller
1755–1835John Marshall
1736–1784Ann Lee
1792–1873Sarah Grimke
1706–1790Benjamin Franklin
fl. c. 1703–c. 1758Jonathan Edwards
1800–1891George Bancroft
1771–1852Hosea Ballou