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Elihu Root

1845 - 1937

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Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law. Root is sometimes considered the prototype of the 20th-century political "wise man", advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues. He also served as a United States Senator from New York and received the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elihu Root is the 8,476th most popular politician (up from 8,840th in 2019), the 3,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,996th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elihu Root ranks 8,476 out of 19,576. Before him are Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Coenred of Mercia, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Macrianus Minor, Marcel Ciolacu, and Khema. After him are Sarduri I, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Tự Đức, Vladimir Nazor, Helena Kantakouzene, and Abd al-Rahman V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Elihu Root ranks 43. Before him are Félix Tisserand, Harriet Backer, Ödön Lechner, Émile Baudot, Émile Boutroux, and Eugène Grasset. After him are Tina Blau, Friedrich Martens, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, and André Bessette. Among people deceased in 1937, Elihu Root ranks 66. Before him are Chūya Nakahara, Iona Yakir, Peljidiin Genden, Jenő Hubay, F. C. S. Schiller, and Richard Boleslawski. After him are Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Lev Karakhan, Horacio Quiroga, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Josep Comas i Solà, and Eero Järnefelt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elihu Root ranks 3,134 out of 20,380. Before him are Lindsay Lohan (1986), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Charles Grodin (1935), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), and Paula Abdul (1962). After him are Tito Puente (1923), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Coretta Scott King (1927), and Shirley Knight (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Elihu Root ranks 276. Before him are Hannibal Hamlin (1809), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Tim Scott (1965), Gabby Giffords (1970), and J. B. Pritzker (1965). After him are Kamehameha III (1814), John Fetterman (1969), Moses Finley (1912), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Garret Hobart (1844), and John C. Breckinridge (1821).

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