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Benjamin Harrison V

1726 - 1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant, and politician who was a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a delegate to the United States Continental Congress, and was a signer of the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence. He also served as Virginia's governor (1781–1784), affirming a tradition of public service in the Harrison family. Benjamin was born at the family homestead, Berkeley Plantation, where in 1619 there was established one of the first annual observances of a day of Thanksgiving. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Benjamin Harrison V is the 16,538th most popular politician (down from 16,248th in 2024), the 9,942nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,446th in 2019) and the 750th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Benjamin Harrison V ranks 16,538 out of 19,576. Before him are Benjamin Franklin Butler, Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, Katsuya Okada, David Brenner, Arthur F. Burns, and Feleti Sevele. After him are Atlanersa, Adolfo Ballivián, John Nelson, Sylvie Goulard, Lorenzo Snow, and Jose Maria Sison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Benjamin Harrison V ranks 24. Before him are Eggert Ólafsson, Jovan Rajić, Vasily Chichagov, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Thomas Pennant, and Alexander Kokorinov. After him are George Wythe, and Oliver Wolcott. Among people deceased in 1791, Benjamin Harrison V ranks 20. Before him are Besiki, Catharine Macaulay, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Anna Louisa Karsch, Richard Price, and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa. After him is Francis Hopkinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Harrison V ranks 9,944 out of 20,380. Before him are George Stibitz (1904), Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Brian Benben (1956), Paige Turco (1965), David Vincent (1965), and Scott Ian (1963). After him are John Paul Stevens (1920), John Nelson (1791), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Lucky Thompson (1924), Butch Vig (1955), and Charles Brown (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Benjamin Harrison V ranks 750. Before him are Mark Parkinson (1957), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Jim Ross (1952), David Rice Atchison (1807), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), and David Brenner (1962). After him are John Nelson (1791), Lorenzo Snow (1814), Kathy Hochul (1958), Robert Elswit (1950), George Clymer (1739), and William Pinkney (1764).

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