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John Adair

1757 - 1840

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John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, slave trader, soldier, and politician. He was the eighth governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. A native of South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, during which he was twice captured and held as a prisoner of war by the British. Following the War, he was elected as a delegate to South Carolina's convention to ratify the United States Constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. John Adair is the 13,849th most popular politician (up from 15,853rd in 2024), the 6,357th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,735th in 2019) and the 509th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Adair ranks 13,848 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Danny Davis, Charles Pasqua, and Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus. After him are Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, Gottlieb von Jagow, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Iccho Itoh, Salmon P. Chase, Georgios Kountouriotis, and Manius Aquillius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, John Adair ranks 40. Before him are Alessandro Rolla, Pál Kitaibel, Wojciech Bogusławski, Thomas Telford, James Sowerby, and Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. After him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, James Wilkinson, Józef Kozłowski, and Charles Pinckney. Among people deceased in 1840, John Adair ranks 41. Before him are John Cockerill, Joseph Johann von Littrow, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Anthony Carlisle, Johann Michael Vogl, and Sidney Smith. After him are John Abbot, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Karl Leberecht Immermann, James Prinsep, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and Felix Grundy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Adair ranks 6,358 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Lee III (1756), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Danny Davis (1941), Hal Clement (1922), Tom Ewell (1909), and Lukas Haas (1976). After him are Louise Brough (1923), David Curtiss Munson (1884), Mary Browne (1891), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), and Charmian Carr (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Adair ranks 509. Before him are Daniel Morgan (1736), Richard H. Truly (1937), Bobby Seale (1936), Black Kettle (1803), Henry Lee III (1756), and Danny Davis (1941). After him are Salmon P. Chase (1808), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), and Chief Joseph (1840).

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