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Fred M. Vinson

1890 - 1953

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Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to have served in all three branches of the U.S. government. Before becoming chief justice, Vinson served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1924 to 1928 and 1930 to 1938, as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1938 to 1943, and as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1945 to 1946. Born in Louisa, Kentucky, Vinson pursued a legal career and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. After the war, he served as the Commonwealth's Attorney for the Thirty-Second Judicial District of Kentucky before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred M. Vinson is the 16,469th most popular politician (down from 16,142nd in 2019), the 9,884th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,256th in 2019) and the 742nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Fred M. Vinson ranks 16,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Mirian I of Iberia, Hugo Black, Lugal-Anne-Mundu, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Gregory Mathews, and Silli-Adad. After him are Apollodotus I, Ahmed Kathrada, Agathocles of Bactria, Prince Félix of Luxembourg, Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, and Mark Parkinson.

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Among people born in 1890, Fred M. Vinson ranks 232. Before him are Virginie Hériot, Eoin O'Duffy, Eddie Rickenbacker, Hubert Stevens, Jennie Fletcher, and Myra Hess. After him are John Rupert Firth, Edgar Kennedy, Marc Connelly, Aimee Semple McPherson, Hatı Çırpan, and Willie Applegarth. Among people deceased in 1953, Fred M. Vinson ranks 182. Before him are Maud Gonne, Rudolph Schindler, Robert Stangland, James Scullin, Francis Ford, and Delfo Bellini. After him are Sara Adler, Ethel Muckelt, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Thomas Thorstensen, Alan Curtis, and Josef Ternström.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred M. Vinson ranks 9,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Julie Garwood (1946), Ira Davenport (1887), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Ron Eldard (1965), Sunrise Adams (1982), and Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849). After him are Peggy Ann Garner (1932), Janice Rule (1931), Kevin Randleman (1971), Samuel Garman (1843), Albert Parsons (1848), and Lauren Ridloff (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fred M. Vinson ranks 742. Before him are Billy Cunningham (1943), David Bernhardt (1969), Cory Booker (1969), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), Bob Mathias (1930), and Hugo Black (1886). After him are Mark Parkinson (1957), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Jim Ross (1952), David Rice Atchison (1807), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), and David Brenner (1962).

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