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John Morton

1725 - 1777

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John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was an American farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the United States. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he was a signatory to the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. Morton provided the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the Declaration. Morton chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation, though he died before signing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Morton is the 15,591st most popular politician (up from 15,992nd in 2019), the 8,468th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,962nd in 2019) and the 645th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Morton ranks 15,591 out of 19,576. Before him are Helen of Zadar, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Amlaíb Cuarán, Andrew Cuomo, Ilinka Mitreva, and Buta Singh. After him are Per Ahlmark, Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Alivardi Khan, Dave Loebsack, and William McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, John Morton ranks 33. Before him are Francesco Bartolozzi, Charles Townshend, George Mason, Ivan Osterman, Paul Sandby, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler. After him are Dru Drury, and William Duesbury. Among people deceased in 1777, John Morton ranks 23. Before him are Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Alexander Sumarokov, Dai Zhen, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Dolly Pentreath. After him are Mir Qasim, Pratap Singh Shah, John Bartram, and Button Gwinnett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Morton ranks 8,470 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny Drew (1928), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Terry Kinney (1954), Dorothy Cheney (1916), John Wooden (1910), and Jackie DeShannon (1941). After him are Michael Nesmith (1942), Edward O. Thorp (1932), John Bennett Perry (1941), Jeannie Berlin (1949), George Crook (1828), and Arthur Lee (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Morton ranks 645. Before him are Robert Bacon (1860), Henry Dearborn (1751), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), George Pataki (1945), William L. Marcy (1786), and Andrew Cuomo (1957). After him are Dave Loebsack (1952), Norman Mineta (1931), Ed Royce (1951), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), and Alfred Francis Russell (1817).

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