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Henry Wilson

1812 - 1875

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Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States, serving from 1873 until his death in 1875, and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of "Slave Power", the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Originally a Whig, Wilson was a founder of the Free Soil Party in 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Wilson is the 7,466th most popular politician (up from 8,858th in 2019), the 2,726th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,003rd in 2019) and the 227th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Wilson ranks 7,466 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Moisei Uritsky, Hinrich Lohse, and Igor II of Kiev. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Mitja Ribičič, Sancho of Majorca, Spencer Perceval, Julio Argentino Roca, and Enrico Ferri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Henry Wilson ranks 27. Before him are Paul Abadie, Natalia Pushkina, Friedrich von Flotow, Edward Lear, Ilija Garašanin, and Zuo Zongtang. After him are Zygmunt Krasiński, Hendrik Conscience, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Édouard Séguin, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, and Berthold Auerbach. Among people deceased in 1875, Henry Wilson ranks 27. Before him are Guillaume Henri Dufour, Duchenne de Boulogne, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Jacques Paul Migne, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Eduard Mörike. After him are Tristan Corbière, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Louise Farrenc, Svetozar Marković, and Gabriel García Moreno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Wilson ranks 2,726 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Gordon (1918), Amber Heard (1986), Jon Jones (1987), Michael Emerson (1954), Dennis Farina (1944), and Andrew Wyeth (1917). After him are Ric Flair (1949), Jessica Alba (1981), Bill Conti (1942), Eugene Meyer (1875), Leroy Anderson (1908), and Wallace Shawn (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry Wilson ranks 227. Before him are Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), Cus D'Amato (1908), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Kamehameha II (1797), and Ron Brown (1941). After him are Eugene Meyer (1875), Mitch McConnell (1942), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Phil Murphy (1957), and Brian Kemp (1963).

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