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Lewis Cass

1782 - 1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee. A slave owner himself, he was a leading spokesman for the doctrine of popular sovereignty, which at the time held the idea that people in each U.S state should have the right to decide whether to permit slavery as a matter of states' rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Cass is the 15,908th most popular politician (down from 14,714th in 2024), the 8,855th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,061st in 2019) and the 680th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Lewis Cass ranks 15,909 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonio Flores Jijón, Duncan Stewart, Ivan Calin, Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Björn Engholm, Ludeca of Mercia, and Luis Alberto Riart. After him are Antimachus I, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Christian Estrosi, Gilles Kepel, and George Deukmejian.

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Among people born in 1782, Lewis Cass ranks 46. Before him are Marie-Anne Libert, Georgios Kountouriotis, Maha Bandula, Steen Steensen Blicher, Angelo Mai, and Nicolaus Michael Oppel. After him are Charles James Napier, John Sell Cotman, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1866, Lewis Cass ranks 50. Before him are Louis Fraser, Joseph Weydemeyer, Henryk Rzewuski, Louis Meijer, Thomas Love Peacock, and Matvey Gusev. After him are Manuel Felipe de Tovar, William Henry Harvey, John Keble, Robert F. Stockton, and Clement Comer Clay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Cass ranks 8,859 out of 20,380. Before him are Alley Mills (1951), Charles Stark Draper (1901), Faith Domergue (1924), Monte Hellman (1932), Candy Barr (1935), Bode Miller (1977), Bruce Abbott (1954), and Adolph Kiefer (1918). After him are Kevin Dobson (1943), CM Punk (1978), Paul Heyman (1965), and Joseph Paul Franklin (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lewis Cass ranks 680. Before him are Earl Browder (1891), Jesse Helms (1921), Gaylord Nelson (1916), H. R. Haldeman (1926), Donald Regan (1918), and Jeremiah S. Black (1810). After him are George Deukmejian (1928), Morrison Waite (1816), John Boehner (1949), Franklin Farrell (1908), Bob Ehrlich (1957), and Joshua Chamberlain (1828).

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