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Carter Braxton

1736 - 1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant, and Virginia planter. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in Virginia, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative planters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carter Braxton is the 16,860th most popular politician (up from 17,421st in 2019), the 10,679th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,252nd in 2019) and the 811th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Carter Braxton ranks 16,860 out of 19,576Before him are Anne-Marie Lizin, Jordan Bardella, Nicholas Katzenbach, Wopke Hoekstra, Sherrod Brown, and Élie Doté. After him are Álvaro García Linera, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, Merav Michaeli, Ben Cardin, and Rodolfo Nin Novoa.

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Among people born in 1736, Carter Braxton ranks 24Before him are Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Patrick Henry, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Daniel Morgan, and Juan Bautista de Anza. After him is Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1797, Carter Braxton ranks 27Before him are Ivan Shuvalov, Francesco Sabatini, John Wilkes, Molla Panah Vagif, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Pietro Verri. After him is Oliver Wolcott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Braxton ranks 10,681 out of 20,380Before him are David Smith (1906), G. D. Spradlin (1920), Greg Graffin (1964), Sherrod Brown (1952), Beverly Pepper (1922), and Julie White (1961). After him are Wanda Hendrix (1928), Mark Mancina (1957), Madge Kennedy (1891), Bruce Schneier (1963), Joseph Kosinski (1974), and Nelson Riddle (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Carter Braxton ranks 811Before him are Walter Forward (1786), Mike Mansfield (1903), Caleb Cushing (1800), Eric Holder (1951), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), and Sherrod Brown (1952). After him are Ben Cardin (1943), John Thune (1961), Elizabeth Dole (1936), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Gary Hart (1936), and Neil Abercrombie (1938).