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Louis McLane

1786 - 1857

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Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. representative from Delaware, U.S. senator from Delaware, the tenth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, the twelfth U.S. Secretary of State, ambassador (Minister Plenipotentiary) to Great Britain, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. As a member of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, McLane was a prominent figure during the Bank War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis McLane is the 14,905th most popular politician (down from 14,545th in 2019), the 7,499th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,866th in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Louis McLane ranks 14,905 out of 19,576. Before him are Pavel Filip, Hamengkubuwono X, Tihomir Orešković, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Cwichelm of Wessex, and Eva Bosáková. After him are Zdeněk Mlynář, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Elisabeth Rehn, Ulamburiash, Elaine Chao, and Hasdrubal I of Carthage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Louis McLane ranks 57. Before him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Auguste de Montferrand, Wilhelm Gesenius, José Joaquín Prieto, Henry Bishop, and Rudolph Schadow. After him are José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, William L. Marcy, and Walter Forward. Among people deceased in 1857, Louis McLane ranks 57. Before him are Frederick Scott Archer, Elisha Kent Kane, Johann Georg Hiedler, Stefano Franscini, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, and Karol Kurpiński. After him are William L. Marcy, Vasily Perovsky, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and David Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis McLane ranks 7,501 out of 20,380. Before him are Karol J. Bobko (1937), Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), Kane Hodder (1955), Danger Mouse (1977), Ford Sterling (1883), and Lindsay Crouse (1948). After him are Andy Roddick (1982), Russell Kirk (1918), Slim Pickens (1919), Brock Peters (1927), Willie Steele (1923), and Carrie Nation (1846).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Louis McLane ranks 586. Before him are Bobby Jones (1902), William H. Crawford (1772), Jeff Sessions (1946), Debbie Rowe (1958), Mary E. Peters (1948), and William Joseph Simmons (1880). After him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), John Podesta (1949), Joe Kennedy III (1980), Wilbur Ross (1937), and Charles Lang (1902).

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