When you think of the Founding Fathers, you probably think about powdered wigs, wooden teeth and tricorne hats. But for some of them, you should maybe be thinking about chains, whips and harnesses. While these dudes spent their days trying to build the land of the free (without freeing slaves), they spent their nights giving into their base instincts and pursuing happiness in the form of kinky sex.

Okay, I’m exaggerating a bit. Nobody was getting tied down in the oval office (that we know of) or whipping out their hogs in public for the hell of it (at least not until LBJ), but there were some perverts among the Founding Fathers.

Who was the freakiest? Here is my historically verified, totally official ranking…

6) John Adams

Our first Vice President and second President was a pragmatic statesman in the streets and decidedly not a freak in the sheets. When it comes to sex, Adams was about as traditional as you can get. He was a fan of the ladies in his younger days, writing that he “spent many of my evenings in their company.” However, once he married Abigail at the age of 29, he remained a one-woman man (even claiming he wouldn’t be with anyone after her death). And while they may have been into some kinky shit behind closed doors, there’s no documented proof of anything like that.

5) James Madison

There’s been some speculation that Madison was asexual, but it’s a reach mainly due to the fact that he didn’t get married until his 40s (which, in the late 18th century, was like getting married at 75 today). America’s tiniest President (5-foot-4!) did reportedly get piggybacks from his wife Dolley so maybe they were into some power dynamics in the bedroom? But it’s pure baseless speculation.

4) George Washington

Occasionally, someone will make the argument that Washington was secretly gay, but there’s no concrete evidence of this. His marriage to Martha does seem to be more practical and functional than passionate, as he once wrote that there was “not much fire between the sheets” when describing his marriage. Beyond that, Washington kept a squeaky clean reputation, never getting himself embroiled in any sex scandals.

3) Gouverneur Morris

Morris is by far the least well-known person on this list, but he wrote the Preamble to the Constitution, was speaking out against slavery when most other Founding Fathers still owned slaves, and apparently had a bit of kink for having sex in public. But while most people who like getting freaky outside the comfort of their own bedroom will get it on in a Walmart parking lot, Morris was rumored to have sex in the motherfucking Louvre. That alone puts him above most of the prudes who were in the Continental Congress.

2) Alexander Hamilton

That guy in that musical everyone you know really wanted to see 10 years ago was also one of the horniest Founding Fathers. There is, of course, his legendary affair with Maria Reynolds and, honestly, you could argue that Hamilton had a humiliation kink based on his baffling decision to publicly apologize for the affair before anyone actually knew it had happened.

There’s plenty more unconfirmed speculation about Hamilton’s sex life, too, including other affairs. But the most famous rumor was that the real love of his life was his buddy John Laurens. There’s no concrete evidence, but unlike other rumors (see: George Washington above), there’s definitely some serious reason to believe these two may have been more than just friends. The letters between the two of them got about as close to romantic and sexual as you can get without getting explicit.

Still, being a bi king doesn’t mean that Hamilton was the kinkiest dude on this list. The real no. 1 Freaky Founding Father was truly a proud fuckboi.

1) Benjamin Franklin

George Washington may be the father of our nation, but there’s no question that Franklin was America’s first daddy. Simply put, Franklin was always down to clown. Even during his 44-year marriage to Deborah Read, the hundred dollar baller was consistently fucking other ladies. The rumors of his sexual prowess include loving older ladies, bedding a mother and daughter, ending a friendship when he tried sleeping with his buddy’s mistress, frequent brothel visits and potentially belonging to a sex club.

Dishonorable Mention: Thomas Jefferson 

Despite being a world-renowned wordsmith responsible for writing pretty much the entirety of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson’s skill with words didn’t translate to picking up women. He once wrote that when he talked to women he would communicate with “broken sentences, uttered in great disorder and interrupted with pauses of uncommon length.” He married Martha Wayles (his third cousin), but she died only 10 years later and not much is known about their relationship.

And, of course, there’s the very unfortunate reality that Jefferson had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemmings, who was a young teen at the time and also his slave. Whether or not the sexual relationship was consensual remains controversial among historians (along with the underlying notion of whether consent is even a possibility when one person owns the other). Either way, this is incredibly fucked up and not at all in a fun, sexy way.