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John Blair Jr.

1732 - 1800

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John Blair Jr. (April 17, 1732 – August 31, 1800) was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington. A Virginia lawyer since 1757, Blair represented the College of William and Mary in the House of Burgesses (while his father served on the Governor's Council) and served in various colonial offices after giving up his local law practice. In the prelude to the American Revolutionary War, Blair had served as a commissioner of admiralty to enforce regulations promulgated by the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, then on the committee that prepared the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution of 1776. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Blair Jr. is the 9,047th most popular politician (up from 17,263rd in 2019), the 3,362nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,796th in 2019) and the 290th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Blair Jr. ranks 9,047 out of 19,576. Before him are Nizamuddin Auliya, Liu Yongfu, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Rogvolod, Geoffrey Palmer, and Lucius Licinius Sura. After him are Prospero Colonna, Adur Narseh, Thongsing Thammavong, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Julius Raab, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, John Blair Jr. ranks 22. Before him are Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Warren Hastings, Nevil Maskelyne, and František Brixi. After him are Joseph Gaertner, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Joseph von Sonnenfels, José Celestino Mutis, and Johan Peter Falk. Among people deceased in 1800, John Blair Jr. ranks 16. Before him are Salomon Maimon, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and Johann Hermann. After him are François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and Koca Yusuf Pasha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Blair Jr. ranks 3,362 out of 20,380. Before him are Neil Sedaka (1939), Jim Kelly (1946), Vincent Gigante (1928), Alice Ball (1892), William Porter (1926), and Tom Hulce (1953). After him are Katie Holmes (1978), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Cicely Tyson (1924), Dick Scobee (1939), Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), and Joel Grey (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Blair Jr. ranks 290. Before him are Bob Dole (1923), Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), James S. Sherman (1855), John Canfield Spencer (1788), Larry Hogan (1956), and Brad Little (1954). After him are Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Bruce Rauner (1957), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Harry Dexter White (1892), Florence Harding (1860), and Besse Cooper (1896).

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