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Nicholas Gilman

1755 - 1814

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Nicholas Gilman Jr. (August 3, 1755 – May 2, 1814) was an American Founding Father, a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the U.S. Constitution, representing New Hampshire. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives during the first four Congresses and served in the U.S. Senate from 1805 until his death in 1814. His brother John Taylor Gilman was also very active in New Hampshire politics, serving as Governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, as well as a principal benefactor of Phillips Exeter Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Nicholas Gilman is the 17,088th most popular politician (up from 17,613th in 2024), the 11,067th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,826th in 2019) and the 842nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Nicholas Gilman ranks 17,089 out of 19,576. Before him are Adebayo Adedeji, Mark Hanna, Alexander Zhukov, Herbert H. Lehman, Bailey Olter, Rui Maria de Araújo, and Kenneth O. Hall. After him are Bob Loughman, Roger Wicker, Ayelet Shaked, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and James Skivring Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Nicholas Gilman ranks 52. Before him are William Bradford, Abol-Fath Khan Zand, Johann Christoph Wendland, Nathan Hale, Oliver Evans, and Rufus King.  Among people deceased in 1814, Nicholas Gilman ranks 33. Before him are Jean Reynier, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert Treat Paine, August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, and Joseph Bramah. After him are Mercy Otis Warren, and Benjamin Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicholas Gilman ranks 11,070 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Fulks (1921), Barbara Crampton (1958), Abigail Breslin (1996), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Lewis Black (1948), Cobi Jones (1970), and Susan Seidelman (1952). After him are Karen Morley (1909), Nick Stahl (1979), Giuseppe Rossi (1987), Scott Steiner (1962), and Bitty Schram (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Nicholas Gilman ranks 842. Before him are Richard A. Falk (1930), Eric Schmitt (1975), Cynthia Lummis (1954), Tom Vilsack (1950), Mark Hanna (1837), and Herbert H. Lehman (1878). After him are Roger Wicker (1951), James Skivring Smith (1825), William H. McRaven (1955), Dennis Hastert (1942), Hiram Johnson (1866), and Jane Dee Hull (1935).

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