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John W. Foster

1836 - 1917

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John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an American diplomat, military officer, lawyer and journalist who was U.S. Secretary of State from 1892 to 1893, under President Benjamin Harrison. He was influential as a lawyer in technically private practice in the international relations sphere. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John W. Foster is the 14,395th most popular politician (down from 14,011th in 2024), the 6,876th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,249th in 2019) and the 547th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John W. Foster ranks 14,394 out of 19,576. Before him are Luis Batlle Berres, Tiberius Julius Mithridates, Paula-Mae Weekes, Antonio Arenas, and Sviatoslav III of Kiev. After him are Denis Pushilin, Dmitry Polyansky, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Horacio Vásquez, Arcesilaus I of Cyrene, Ruth Williams Khama, and Bainbridge Colby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, John W. Foster ranks 67. Before him are Alfred Grandidier, Ernst von Bergmann, W. S. Gilbert, Robert Swinhoe, Bret Harte, and Michał Elwiro Andriolli. After him are Émile Étienne Guimet, Ferdinand Monoyer, Jay Gould, Emil Hartmann, Greene Vardiman Black, and Remigio Morales Bermúdez. Among people deceased in 1917, John W. Foster ranks 96. Before him are Frans Schollaert, Eduardo Pondal, Aurel Popovici, Carlo Oriani, Émil Goeldi, and Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz. After him are Teoberto Maler, José Manuel Pando, William Knox D'Arcy, Giuseppe Veronese, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Oswaldo Cruz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John W. Foster ranks 6,877 out of 20,380. Before him are Emma Abbott (1850), Ben Sasse (1972), William Sanderson (1944), Gil Amelio (1943), and Katharine Houghton (1945). After him are Josh Radnor (1974), Kevin Durant (1988), Alan Wilson (1943), William Castle (1914), Jonah Hill (1983), Jessica Harper (1949), and Frank Schlesinger (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John W. Foster ranks 547. Before him are Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Juan Trippe (1899), Richard Helms (1913), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Stephen F. Austin (1793), and Ben Sasse (1972). After him are Bainbridge Colby (1869), Bill Richardson (1947), José Graziano da Silva (1949), Vince Lombardi (1913), Liao Zhongkai (1877), and Al Smith (1873).

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