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Hugo Black

1886 - 1971

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Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections. Before he became a senator, Black espoused anti-Catholic views and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. An article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that he temporarily resigned from the Klan in 1925 to bolster his senatorial campaign, before quietly rejoining in 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Black is the 16,464th most popular politician (down from 16,125th in 2019), the 9,871st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,219th in 2019) and the 741st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugo Black ranks 16,464 out of 19,576. Before him are Hadi Khosroshahi, Gennady Novitsky, Ole von Beust, M. K. Stalin, Moudud Ahmed, and Mirian I of Iberia. After him are Lugal-Anne-Mundu, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Gregory Mathews, Silli-Adad, Fred M. Vinson, and Apollodotus I.

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Among people born in 1886, Hugo Black ranks 280. Before him are Reggie Pridmore, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Jalmari Eskola, Robert Hennet, Arthur Whitten Brown, and Pierre Prüm. After him are Charlotte Mineau, Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Edward Everett Horton, Árpád Tóth, Karl Dane, and Edu Snethlage. Among people deceased in 1971, Hugo Black ranks 217. Before him are Diana Lynn, Jimmy Gallagher, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jadwiga Smosarska, Maude Fealy, and Clare Dennis. After him are Usmar Ismail, Cliff Edwards, Thawi Bunyaket, Nikolay Rubtsov, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, and Glenda Farrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugo Black ranks 9,873 out of 20,380. Before him are Lam Jones (1958), Christy Mathewson (1880), Joey Castillo (1966), Wes Borland (1975), Nancy Travis (1961), and David Ray Griffin (1939). After him are Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Richard LeParmentier (1946), Charles Vinci (1933), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Method Man (1971), and Robert S. Woodworth (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hugo Black ranks 741. Before him are Tim Ryan (1973), Billy Cunningham (1943), David Bernhardt (1969), Cory Booker (1969), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), and Bob Mathias (1930). After him are Fred M. Vinson (1890), Mark Parkinson (1957), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Jim Ross (1952), David Rice Atchison (1807), and Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795).

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