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Hannibal Hamlin

1809 - 1891

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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president. An attorney by background, Hamlin began his political career as a Democrat in the Maine House of Representatives before being elected twice to the United States House of Representatives, and then to the United States Senate. With his strong abolitionist views, he left the Democratic Party for the newly formed Republican Party in 1856. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hannibal Hamlin is the 8,314th most popular politician (up from 8,839th in 2019), the 3,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,995th in 2019) and the 270th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 8,314 out of 19,576. Before him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Vladislav Ardzinba, Manuel Marulanda, Gjúki, Zhou Yongkang, and Shaul Mofaz. After him are Gyebaek, Tullio Serafin, King Gong of Zhou, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Ma Bufang, and Josef Bürckel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 29. Before him are Fredrik Pacius, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Juan Donoso Cortés, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. After him are Sebastián Iradier, Mariano José de Larra, Edward FitzGerald, François Certain de Canrobert, Karl Koch, and Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine. Among people deceased in 1891, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 46. Before him are Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Fredrik Pacius, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Mihail Kogălniceanu, and Joseph E. Johnston. After him are José Manuel Balmaceda, Aleksander Chodźko, Leon Pinsker, Friedrich von Schmidt, Amalia Lindegren, and Ferdinand Gregorovius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 3,062 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Snowden (1983), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Amy Beach (1867), Rami Malek (1981), Chris Pine (1980), and Alvin Plantinga (1932). After him are Lyman Spitzer (1914), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Craig Mello (1960), Lin Shaye (1943), Al Martino (1927), and Bill Duke (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 270. Before him are Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), John Connally (1917), Charles Curtis (1860), George M. Dallas (1792), Pete Buttigieg (1982), and John Brown Gordon (1832). After him are Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Tim Scott (1965), Gabby Giffords (1970), J. B. Pritzker (1965), and Elihu Root (1845).

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