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Edith Wilson

1872 - 1961

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Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 as the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president. Edith Wilson played an influential role in President Wilson's administration following the severe stroke he suffered in October 1919. For the remainder of her husband's presidency, she managed the office of the president, a role she later described as a "stewardship", and determined which communications and matters of state were important enough to bring to the attention of the bedridden president. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Wilson is the 1,443rd most popular politician (up from 10,294th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,621st in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edith Wilson ranks 1,443 out of 19,576. Before her are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Petronius Maximus, Clement Attlee, Samo, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Jiang Qing. After her are Vladimir II Monomakh, Antiochus V Eupator, Urho Kekkonen, Astyages, Shang Yang, and Hermann Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Edith Wilson ranks 11. Before her are Alexandra Feodorovna, Richard Willstätter, Alexandra Kollontai, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Greeley Abbot, and Johan Huizinga. After her are Emil Hácha, Léon Blum, Paul Langevin, Anton Denikin, Marcel Mauss, and Djemal Pasha. Among people deceased in 1961, Edith Wilson ranks 14. Before her are Emily Greene Balch, Lee de Forest, Jules Bordet, Gary Cooper, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. After her are Mohammed V of Morocco, Maria of Yugoslavia, Frantz Fanon, Otto Loewi, Rafael Trujillo, and Kurt Meyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Wilson ranks 479 out of 20,380. Before her are Jennifer Lopez (1969), Oliver Stone (1946), Frank Herbert (1920), Sandra Bullock (1964), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), and Julia Roberts (1967). After her are Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), Sidney Poitier (1927), Paul Samuelson (1915), J. J. Cale (1938), Clifford Shull (1915), and John Bardeen (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edith Wilson ranks 69. Before her are William Henry Harrison (1773), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Bill Nelson (1942), and Millard Fillmore (1800). After her are Jefferson Davis (1808), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), John Tyler (1790), Jim Mattis (1950), Frances Cleveland (1864), and Pontiac (1714).

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