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Joseph B. Foraker

1846 - 1917

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Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was born in rural Ohio; he enlisted at age 16 in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He fought for almost three years, attaining the rank of captain. After the war, he was a member of Cornell University's first graduating class, and became a lawyer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph B. Foraker is the 10,481st most popular politician (up from 17,912th in 2019), the 4,045th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,645th in 2019) and the 348th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 10,481 out of 19,576. Before him are Farrokhroo Parsa, Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Heo Gyun, Tini Beg, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. After him are Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, Abdalonymus, Neferkare Khendu, Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, and Lawrence Eagleburger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 55. Before him are Louis Billot, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Nikolai Yaroshenko, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Amalie Skram, and Julius Maggi. After him are Lars Magnus Ericsson, Albert Apponyi, Luigi Denza, Carlos Pellegrini, Marie Popelin, and Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti. Among people deceased in 1917, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 59. Before him are Spyridon Samaras, Eric Campbell, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Émile Boirac, and Marian Smoluchowski. After him are Teresa Carreño, Friedrich Robert Helmert, George Dewey, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Frank Muller, and Ber Borochov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 4,045 out of 20,380. Before him are Delmer Daves (1904), Jean Acker (1893), Carey Lowell (1961), Donn F. Eisele (1930), Sue Lyon (1946), and Monte Melkonian (1957). After him are Whitfield Diffie (1944), John Powell (1947), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Gene Deitch (1924), Jesse Ventura (1951), and Dan Castellaneta (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 348. Before him are Newt Gingrich (1943), Maurice Hilleman (1919), Horace Greeley (1811), William Joyce (1906), George McGovern (1922), and Elizabeth Warren (1949). After him are Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Jesse Ventura (1951), Charles Foster (1828), Lynne Cheney (1941), Jeannette Rankin (1880), and Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850).

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