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Alfred Francis Russell

1817 - 1884

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Alfred Francis Russell (August 25, 1817 – April 4, 1884) was an Americo-Liberian missionary, planter, and politician who served as the tenth president of Liberia from 1883 to 1884 after serving as vice-president under Anthony W. Gardiner, whom he succeeded as president. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Russell was emancipated in 1833 (with his mother Amelie "Milly" Crawford) by their mistress Mary Owen Todd Russell Wickliffe (Russell's grandmother through his white father). Wickliffe also emancipated his cousin, Lucretia Russell, and her four children. Both families emigrated together from the United States to Liberia that year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Alfred Francis Russell is the 15,700th most popular politician (down from 14,050th in 2024), the 8,559th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,284th in 2019) and the 652nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 15,700 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Pardo, Zoran Živković, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Jhala Nath Khanal, Pedro Blanco Soto, and Juan Natalicio González. After him are Georges Vanier, Jerzy Pawłowski, Nevile Henderson, Hrant Shahinyan, James Wani Igga, and Thue Christiansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 79. Before him are Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Richard Spruce, José María Ventura Casas, Thomas Thomson, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, and Richard S. Ewell. After him are Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Palladius, George Holyoake, George Henry Lewes, and Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin. Among people deceased in 1884, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 65. Before him are Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, John Hutton Balfour, Judah P. Benjamin, Menyhért Lónyay, Arnold Henry Guyot, and Heinrich Laube. After him are Quintino Sella, José Eusebio Otalora, George Engelmann, Tomás Frías, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, and Charles J. Folger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 8,561 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Bryar (1979), Ira Murchison (1933), Debra Hill (1950), Mel Ramos (1935), William Mapother (1965), and Chaim Potok (1929). After him are Robert Rubin (1938), Warren Jeffs (1955), Jackson Scholz (1897), Robert Christgau (1942), Virgil Thomson (1896), and Oliver Nelson (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 652. Before him are John Morton (1725), Dave Loebsack (1952), Norman Mineta (1931), Ed Royce (1951), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), and Laurance Rockefeller (1910). After him are Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Gary Johnson (1953), Lucien Carr (1925), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Chris Sununu (1974), and George Voinovich (1936).

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