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James Skivring Smith

1825 - 1892

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James Skivring Smith (February 26, 1825 – 1892) was a Liberian politician who served as the sixth president of Liberia from 1871 to 1872. Prior to this, he served as the eighth vice president of Liberia from 1870 to 1871 under President Edward James Roye and as Secretary of State from 1856 to 1860 in the cabinet of President Stephen Allen Benson. He was a member of the True Whig Party. Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1825 to a family of free blacks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). James Skivring Smith is the 17,084th most popular politician (down from 16,205th in 2024), the 11,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,370th in 2019) and the 844th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Skivring Smith ranks 17,084 out of 19,576. Before him are Kenneth O. Hall, Nicholas Gilman, Bob Loughman, Roger Wicker, Ayelet Shaked, and Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster. After him are Yehude Simon, Lee Yuan-tsu, Vladimir Rushailo, Jussi Halla-aho, William H. McRaven, and Fathi Bashagha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, James Skivring Smith ranks 89. Before him are Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, George Inness, Francisco Linares Alcántara, Julius Kühn, William Spottiswoode, and Benjamin Mountfort. After him are John Lawrence LeConte, Francis James Child, Bayard Taylor, Henry Heth, R. D. Blackmore, and Newton Booth. Among people deceased in 1892, James Skivring Smith ranks 84. Before him are Johan Sverdrup, John Greenleaf Whittier, Georgi Valkovich, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Alexandre Levy, and Teréz Karacs. After him are Harry Atkinson, Edward Augustus Freeman, and Newton Booth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Skivring Smith ranks 11,085 out of 20,380. Before him are Roscoe Pound (1870), William Schallert (1922), Brett Ratner (1969), Jerry Lawson (1940), Marley Shelton (1974), and Jay Roach (1957). After him are Neal Adams (1941), Lezley Zen (1974), Mia Zapata (1965), Emma Willard (1787), Alan Baxter (1908), and Edward Everett Hale (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Skivring Smith ranks 844. Before him are Cynthia Lummis (1954), Tom Vilsack (1950), Mark Hanna (1837), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Nicholas Gilman (1755), and Roger Wicker (1951). After him are William H. McRaven (1955), Dennis Hastert (1942), Hiram Johnson (1866), Jane Dee Hull (1935), William H. Webster (1924), and Susanna M. Salter (1860).

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