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John Brown Gordon

1832 - 1904

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John Brown Gordon ((1832-02-06)February 6, 1832 – (1904-01-09)January 9, 1904) was an American politician, Confederate States Army general, attorney, slaveowner and planter. "One of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals" by the end of the Civil War according to historian Ed Bearss,: 241  he strongly opposed Reconstruction era. A member of the Democratic Party, he was twice elected by the Georgia state legislature as a US Senator (as was the practice at the time), serving from 1873 to 1880, and again from 1891 to 1897. He served two terms as the 53rd Governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Brown Gordon is the 8,291st most popular politician (up from 16,997th in 2019), the 3,054th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,148th in 2019) and the 269th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Brown Gordon ranks 8,291 out of 19,576. Before him are Laurentino Cortizo, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Hantili I, Dirk V, Count of Holland, Vasile Milea, and Neidhart von Reuental. After him are Michael II Komnenos Doukas, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Philip of France, Arvid Lindman, Dragan Đokanović, and Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman.

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Among people born in 1832, John Brown Gordon ranks 36. Before him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Henry Steel Olcott, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Hudson Taylor, Miguel Miramón, and Adalbert Krueger. After him are Ivan Zajc, Rudolf Lipschitz, Pavel Tretyakov, Charles Lecocq, Đura Jakšić, and Khurshidbanu Natavan. Among people deceased in 1904, John Brown Gordon ranks 43. Before him are Clemens Winkler, Herbert von Bismarck, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Wilhelm Marr, Franz von Lenbach, and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. After him are William Renshaw, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, and Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Brown Gordon ranks 3,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Pete Buttigieg (1982), Asa Akira (1986), Jaclyn Smith (1945), John Carmack (1970), Ariana Grande (1993), and Edmond Hamilton (1904). After him are Bill Finger (1914), Edward Snowden (1983), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Amy Beach (1867), Rami Malek (1981), and Chris Pine (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Brown Gordon ranks 269. Before him are Lew Wallace (1827), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), John Connally (1917), Charles Curtis (1860), George M. Dallas (1792), and Pete Buttigieg (1982). After him are Hannibal Hamlin (1809), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Tim Scott (1965), Gabby Giffords (1970), and J. B. Pritzker (1965).

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