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John Sherman

1823 - 1900

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John Sherman (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but was never chosen by the party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Sherman is the 2,904th most popular politician (down from 2,774th in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from United States (down from 868th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Politician.

John Sherman was a Republican senator from Ohio and the brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman. He was the author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which outlawed monopolies and trusts and created the Federal Trade Commission.

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Among politicians, John Sherman ranks 2,903 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Neil Kinnock, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Cædwalla of Wessex, and Lazarus Chakwera. After him are Sergey Shoygu, Milton Obote, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Khaba, B. J. Habibie, Rama I, and Yuan Shu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, John Sherman ranks 14. Before him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Li Hongzhang, and Jean-Henri Fabre. After him are John Russell Hind, Charles I of Württemberg, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mackenzie Bowell, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, and Alexander Ostrovsky. Among people deceased in 1900, John Sherman ranks 12. Before him are Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Wilhelm Liebknecht, Emil Škoda, Joseph Bertrand, Nicolas Chauvin, Robert Luther, and Osman Nuri Pasha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sherman ranks 1,039 out of 20,380. Before him are Melanie Griffith (1957), Bob Beamon (1946), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Samuel Barber (1910), and Bing Crosby (1903). After him are Mark Hamill (1951), Neal Cassady (1926), Anne Baxter (1923), John B. Calhoun (1917), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), and Charles Koch (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Sherman ranks 99. Before him are John Lewis (1940), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Crazy Horse (1840), Greg Abbott (1957), and Joseph McCarthy (1908). After him are Kamehameha I (1758), James Comey (1960), Lewis Strauss (1896), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), William Perry (1927), and Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900).

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