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Charles J. Folger

1818 - 1884

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Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 – September 4, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was a State Senator in New York from 1862 to 1869 and served as the 34th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from November 14, 1881 until his death in 1884. Folger was the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 1882, but was defeated by the Democratic Party's nominee, future President Grover Cleveland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles J. Folger is the 17,170th most popular politician (down from 17,052nd in 2019), the 11,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,297th in 2019) and the 867th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles J. Folger ranks 17,170 out of 19,576. Before him are Buddy MacKay, Doris Bures, Guo Jinlong, Elisabeta Lipă, Baburam Bhattarai, and E. M. S. Namboodiripad. After him are Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Irfaan Ali, Theodric of Bernicia, Gergely Karácsony, Sorin Grindeanu, and Pavlo Klimkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Charles J. Folger ranks 100. Before him are József Szlávy, Juana Manuela Gorriti, José Amador de los Ríos, Don Carlos Buell, Elizabeth F. Ellet, and Nathaniel Lyon. After him are George S. Boutwell, and Wade Hampton III. Among people deceased in 1884, Charles J. Folger ranks 71. Before him are Alfred Francis Russell, Quintino Sella, José Eusebio Otalora, George Engelmann, Tomás Frías, and Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. After him are John Kilian, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Wendell Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles J. Folger ranks 11,387 out of 20,380. Before him are Sammy Lee (1920), Billy Mills (1938), Alana de la Garza (1976), Kathryn Hunter (1957), Ernie Banks (1931), and Hillary Scott (1983). After him are Jennison Heaton (1904), Raja Gosnell (1958), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), H. Bruce Humberstone (1901), Richard Florida (1957), and Don Meineke (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles J. Folger ranks 867. Before him are Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Barbara Jordan (1936), Horatio Seymour (1810), Bob Kerrey (1943), Francis James Child (1825), and Buddy MacKay (1933). After him are Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), Jim Webb (1946), Alfred Lindley (1904), William R. Day (1849), Leonard Wood (1860), and William Eustis (1753).

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