Andrew was the son of Jonas and the brother of Peter. Originally, a disciple of John the Baptist, he is now known as Patron Saint of Russia, Scotland and Greece.
Bartholomew Nathanael, son of Talmai, is believed to be the only apostle of noble birth by various scholars.
John Boanerges was the son of Zebedee and Salome and the brother of James, the Apostle. He was also known as the Beloved Disciple.
Matthew also known as Levi, son of Alpheus, was originally a tax collector. The name Levi is believed to be given to him by Jesus.
Thomas Didymus was a laborer in Persia and Parthia. He was sometimes also called Judas.
Jude, Thaddeus, or Lebbeus, son of Alpheus. He was a brother of James the Younger. Judas Thaddeus also was called Judas the Zealot.
James, the Lesser or Younger who was also a son of Alpheus, lived in Galilee. He was the brother of the Apostle Jude or Thaddaeus.
Simon the Zealot, was also known as Canaanite or Zelotes.
Simon Peter was the son of Jonas. He was a fisherman who lived in Bethsaida and Capernaum. He did evangelistic and missionary work among the Jews, going as far as Babylon.
James, the Elder also known as Boanerges, was the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the Apostle.
Judas Iscariot, also known as the traitor is probably the most famous of the disciples. he betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver and later hanged himself.
With the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 and the end of the War of 1812, many Americans viewed the Federalists as traitors. The Federalist Party collapsed, leaving the Democratic-Republican Party as the only political party in the United States until the mid-1820s.
