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Dred Scott

1795 - 1858

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Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision". The Scotts claimed that they should be granted freedom because Dred had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal, and laws in those jurisdictions said that slave holders gave up their rights to slaves if they stayed for an extended period. In a landmark case, the United States Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dred Scott is the 3,760th most popular politician (down from 3,400th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Politician.

Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom and that of his wife and children. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. This decision was overturned by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery.

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Among politicians, Dred Scott ranks 3,760 out of 19,576. Before him are Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, Muyeol of Silla, Modibo Keïta, Michael Flynn, Pharnabazus II, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. After him are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Malcolm IV of Scotland, François Tombalbaye, Frederick of Naples, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Drusilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Dred Scott ranks 14. Before him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Rowland Hill, Gabriel Lamé, Antonio José de Sucre, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona. After him are Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, Alexander Griboyedov, John William Polidori, Hadji Murad, and Anselme Payen. Among people deceased in 1858, Dred Scott ranks 14. Before him are Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, Anton Diabelli, and Aimé Bonpland. After him are Joseph Karl Stieler, Ary Scheffer, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Nimatullah Kassab, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and Carl Gustaf Mosander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dred Scott ranks 1,366 out of 20,380. Before him are James Horner (1953), Mildred Harris (1901), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Rodney King (1965), Stephen Curry (1988), and Michael Flynn (1958). After him are Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ron Howard (1954), Ben Carson (1951), Peter Agre (1949), Irving Fisher (1867), and John Cocke (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dred Scott ranks 128. Before him are Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), William Barr (1950), Andrew Dickson White (1832), and Michael Flynn (1958). After him are Ben Carson (1951), John F. Kelly (1950), Paul Bremer (1941), Eric Adams (1960), Robert M. La Follette (1855), and Gina Haspel (1956).

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