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John Adams Dix

1798 - 1879

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John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland General Assembly, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix–Hill Cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Adams Dix is the 17,232nd most popular politician (down from 17,009th in 2019), the 11,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,175th in 2019) and the 875th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Adams Dix ranks 17,232 out of 19,576. Before him are Georgios Bartzokas, Thomas François Burgers, Ho Iat-seng, Hartwig Löger, Pierre Amine Gemayel, and Subramanian Swamy. After him are Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Szymon Hołownia, Eadric of Kent, José Bono, Shamshi-Adad III, and Edmund Andros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, John Adams Dix ranks 59. Before him are Melchior von Diepenbrock, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Andrea Maffei, Jacques Jasmin, Gustav Rose, and José Hilario López. After him are William Edmond Logan, and George Don. Among people deceased in 1879, John Adams Dix ranks 69. Before him are John Bell Hood, Henry Charles Carey, George Caleb Bingham, Caleb Cushing, Angelina Grimké, and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence. After him are Sarah Josepha Hale, Henry Sewell, William Allen, and Zachariah Chandler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Adams Dix ranks 11,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Edna May Oliver (1883), Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), Michelle Hurd (1966), D. J. Cotrona (1980), Brian Van Holt (1969), and Richard Zare (1939). After him are Brenda Joyce (1917), William Gillette (1853), Yip Harburg (1896), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), John Litel (1892), and Adolphus Greely (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Adams Dix ranks 875. Before him are Jim Webb (1946), Alfred Lindley (1904), William R. Day (1849), Leonard Wood (1860), William Eustis (1753), and John J. Crittenden (1787). After him are Richard Grenell (1966), Jo Jorgensen (1957), John Barrasso (1952), Lamar Alexander (1940), David Perdue (1949), and Isidore Mankofsky (1931).

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