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Edward Dickinson Baker

1811 - 1861

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Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet. A long-time close friend of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Dickinson Baker is the 9,702nd most popular politician (up from 17,793rd in 2019), the 2,151st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,083rd in 2019) and the 344th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Dickinson Baker ranks 9,702 out of 19,576. Before him are Butigeidis, Phankham Viphavanh, Carrie Lam, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and Werner Lorenz. After him are Edith Head, Franz Kutschera, Ernst Fast, Emperor Ai of Jin, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Kurt Schmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Edward Dickinson Baker ranks 35. Before him are Otto Hesse, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Sengge Rinchen, Karl Gutzkow, Joseph Cafasso, and Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain. After him are Raden Saleh, Carlo Matteucci, Karel Jaromír Erben, Peter Julian Eymard, Horace Greeley, and Émilie de Villeneuve. Among people deceased in 1861, Edward Dickinson Baker ranks 31. Before him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Henri Mouhot, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Teréz Brunszvik, and Karol Lipiński. After him are Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, John Stevens Henslow, Joachim Lelewel, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, and Pierre Berthier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Dickinson Baker ranks 2,151 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Charlton (1935), Ian Khama (1953), John Adams (1767), Mike Ratledge (1943), Donald Adamson (1939), and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694). After him are Edwin Montagu (1879), George Williams (1821), Michael Adams (1971), Kevin Phillips (1973), Tim Staffell (1948), and Saint Alban (300).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Dickinson Baker ranks 344. Before him are Caratacus (15), Donald Maclean (1913), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Ian Khama (1953), and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694). After him are Edwin Montagu (1879), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945), Randolph Churchill (1911), Menzies Campbell (1941), and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735).

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