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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 different languages on Wikipedia. John W. Foster is the 14,382nd most popular politician (down from 14,017th in 2019), the 6,873rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,249th in 2019) and the 548th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John W. Foster ranks 14,382 out of 19,576Before him are Ben Sasse, 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, and Ruth Williams Khama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, John W. Foster ranks 67Before 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 96Before 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 6,875 out of 20,380Before him are Willis Reed (1942), 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), and Jessica Harper (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John W. Foster ranks 548Before 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).