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Caleb Cushing

1800 - 1879

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Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the 23rd United States Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. From 1874 until 1877, he was the United States Minister to Spain. Cushing was an eager proponent of territorial and commercial expansion, especially regarding the acquisition of Texas, Oregon and Cuba. He believed that enlarging the American sphere would fulfill "the great destiny reserved for this exemplar American Republic." Cushing secured the first American treaty with China, the Treaty of Wangxia of 1844; it gave American merchants trading rights in five Chinese ports. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caleb Cushing is the 16,850th most popular politician (up from 17,196th in 2019), the 10,653rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,650th in 2019) and the 807th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Caleb Cushing ranks 16,850 out of 19,576. Before him are María Fernanda Espinosa, Reginald McKenna, Milojko Spajić, José María de Achá, Bill English, and Pedro Pierluisi. After him are Anandiben Patel, Vyacheslav Bykov, Eric Holder, Anne-Marie Lizin, Jordan Bardella, and Nicholas Katzenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Caleb Cushing ranks 81. Before him are Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Zinovios Valvis, George Bancroft, Kolyu Ficheto, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, and Juan Francisco de Vidal. After him are Peter the Aleut, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Henry Hutchinson. Among people deceased in 1879, Caleb Cushing ranks 66. Before him are Juan Antonio Pezet, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Jacob Abbott, John Bell Hood, Henry Charles Carey, and George Caleb Bingham. After him are Angelina Grimké, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, John Adams Dix, Sarah Josepha Hale, Henry Sewell, and William Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caleb Cushing ranks 10,655 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Bradley (1948), Herbert Stothart (1885), Billy Corgan (1967), Maggie Wheeler (1961), Dusty Anderson (1918), and Stuart Davis (1892). After him are Florence Henderson (1934), Roberta Peters (1930), Sheila Jordan (1928), Aja Naomi King (1985), Eric Holder (1951), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Caleb Cushing ranks 807. Before him are Howard Baker (1925), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), David Malpass (1956), John N. Mitchell (1913), Walter Forward (1786), and Mike Mansfield (1903). After him are Eric Holder (1951), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Sherrod Brown (1952), Carter Braxton (1736), Ben Cardin (1943), and John Thune (1961).

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