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John Canfield Spencer

1788 - 1855

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John Canfield Spencer (January 8, 1788 – May 17, 1855) was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. After graduating from Union College in 1806, Spencer practiced law and held various positions, including master of chancery, postmaster, and attorney general. Spencer served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819 and the New York State Assembly and Senate in various years between 1820 and 1833. As an anti-Mason, he investigated the disappearance of William Morgan, which sparked the Anti-Masonic movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Canfield Spencer is the 8,926th most popular politician (up from 15,994th in 2019), the 3,304th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,965th in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Canfield Spencer ranks 8,926 out of 19,576. Before him are Ealhmund of Kent, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Manuel Valls, Amar-Sin, Lembitu, and Émile Combes. After him are Argaeus I of Macedon, Selim Hoss, Levy Mwanawasa, Pabag, Floris II, Count of Holland, and Ban Biao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, John Canfield Spencer ranks 30. Before him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Mohammed bin Thani, Carl Reichenbach, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark. After him are Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, Franz Pforr, and Rafael Urdaneta. Among people deceased in 1855, John Canfield Spencer ranks 26. Before him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, François Magendie, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Diponegoro, Antonio Rosmini, and Louis-Mathieu Molé. After him are Mariano Arista, Carl Anton von Meyer, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, August Leopold Crelle, and Mihály Vörösmarty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Canfield Spencer ranks 3,304 out of 20,380. Before him are Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Fred Newhouse (1948), David Marks (1948), Leon Russom (1941), and Joe Dante (1946). After him are William A. Wellman (1896), Michael Nouri (1945), Dana Ivey (1941), Larry Hogan (1956), Channing Tatum (1980), and Ted Levine (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Canfield Spencer ranks 287. Before him are Garret Hobart (1844), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lindsey Graham (1955), Bob Dole (1923), Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), and James S. Sherman (1855). After him are Larry Hogan (1956), Brad Little (1954), John Blair Jr. (1732), Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Bruce Rauner (1957), and Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964).

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