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Joshua Chamberlain

1828 - 1914

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general). He is best known for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading a bayonet charge, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Chamberlain was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862, and fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joshua Chamberlain is the 15,912th most popular politician (down from 14,709th in 2019), the 8,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,042nd in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 15,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad Sakizli, Oleksiy Honcharuk, Dimitris Koutsoumpas, Manuel María Lombardini, Enrique Olaya Herrera, and Teburoro Tito. After him are Mohamed Amin Didi, Peter Altmaier, Grigol Vashadze, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Juhan Parts, and Aníbal Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 64. Before him are Luiza Pesjak, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Andrew Murray, Morten Müller, George Crook, and Kanō Hōgai. After him are Ignacio de Veintemilla, Charles Allston Collins, Balfour Stewart, Thomas F. Bayard, and Margaret Oliphant. Among people deceased in 1914, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 127. Before him are Ida Freund, Christopher Cradock, Margaret E. Knight, Altaf Hussain Hali, Jakub Arbes, and Charles Devendeville. After him are Louis Bach, Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Johannes Weiss, Joan Röell, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, and George Hutson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 8,910 out of 20,380. Before him are Story Musgrave (1935), Chris Dickerson (1939), Leila Denmark (1898), Ashley Tisdale (1985), Wayne Newton (1942), and Bob Ehrlich (1957). After him are James Fifer (1930), Kat Dennings (1986), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Frank Shields (1909), Ricky Steamboat (1953), and Jack Sholder (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 685. Before him are Lewis Cass (1782), George Deukmejian (1928), Morrison Waite (1816), John Boehner (1949), Franklin Farrell (1908), and Bob Ehrlich (1957). After him are Joe Torre (1940), Alphonso Taft (1810), Patty Murray (1950), Melville Fuller (1833), John Ashcroft (1942), and Frank Knox (1874).

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