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James G. Blaine

1830 - 1893

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James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State, first in 1881 under President James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, and then from 1889 to 1892 under President Benjamin Harrison. He is one of only two U.S. Secretaries of State to hold the position under three separate presidents, the other being Daniel Webster. Blaine unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1876 and 1880 before being nominated in 1884. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James G. Blaine is the 14,235th most popular politician (up from 14,289th in 2019), the 6,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,558th in 2019) and the 537th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James G. Blaine ranks 14,235 out of 19,576Before him are Juan Bautista Pérez, Tithraustes, Keir Hardie, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene, and Ruy Barbosa. After him are Ture Nerman, Andrés Quintana Roo, Li Changchun, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Joseph De Combe, and Emil Frey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, James G. Blaine ranks 61Before him are Jhalkaribai, Gustav Lange, John Douglas, John Moresby, Karl Klindworth, and Clémence Royer. After him are Henry Peach Robinson, Peter Arnold Heise, Juan Manuel Blanes, Charles Wyville Thomson, Viktor Madarász, and Clements Markham. Among people deceased in 1893, James G. Blaine ranks 68Before him are Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Victor Schœlcher, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Aloys Sprenger, Samuel Baker, and Charles of Mount Argus. After him are Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Duleep Singh, Richard Spruce, Karl Bodmer, Lucy Stone, and Louis Ruchonnet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James G. Blaine ranks 6,704 out of 20,380Before him are Marian Seldes (1928), Barbara Broccoli (1960), Danny Carey (1961), Theodore Freeman (1930), Melinda Dillon (1939), and Elmo Lincoln (1889). After him are Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Martha Jefferson (1748), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Cathy Carr (1954), and Gene Tunney (1897).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James G. Blaine ranks 537Before him are Metacomet (1639), Jim Jordan (1964), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Carolyn Maloney (1946), and Samuel Dexter (1761). After him are Rick Perry (1950), Josh Hawley (1979), Timothy Pickering (1745), Edward Livingston (1764), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), and Juan Trippe (1899).