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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, served as Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875, and was a U.S. Senator from 1876 to 1881. He served twice as Secretary of State, under presidents James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur in 1881, and under Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1892. Blaine was one of two secretaries of state to serve under three presidents, the other being Daniel Webster. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1876 and 1880, and received the nomination in 1884, narrowly losing the general election to Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland by approximately 1,000 votes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). James G. Blaine is the 14,248th most popular politician (up from 14,283rd in 2024), the 6,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,558th in 2019) and the 536th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, James G. Blaine ranks 14,248 out of 19,576. Before 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 61. Before 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 68. Before 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 6,707 out of 20,380. Before 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).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James G. Blaine ranks 536. Before 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).

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