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Nicholas Murray Butler

1862 - 1947

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Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the late James S. Sherman's replacement as William Howard Taft’s running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election. The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation for many years during the 1920s and 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Murray Butler is the 7,393rd most popular politician (up from 7,735th in 2019), the 2,701st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,544th in 2019) and the 224th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicholas Murray Butler ranks 7,393 out of 19,576. Before him are Jonas Basanavičius, Galeazzo II Visconti, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Ueli Maurer, Horwennefer, and Ma Liang. After him are Saionji Kinmochi, Jia Sidao, Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, Mandane of Media, Haxhi Lleshi, and Erna Solberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Nicholas Murray Butler ranks 52. Before him are Leonid Pasternak, Mikhail Nesterov, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Eugen Ehrlich, Oswald Külpe, and August Oetker. After him are Cao Kun, Léon Boëllmann, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Frederick Delius, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Edvard Westermarck. Among people deceased in 1947, Nicholas Murray Butler ranks 79. Before him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, W. I. Thomas, Karol Świerczewski, Charles Bally, Lilly Reich, and Helmuth von Pannwitz. After him are Heinrich Schwarz, Hugh Lofting, Arthur Machen, William Moulton Marston, Annie Londonderry, and Elisabeth von Gutmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicholas Murray Butler ranks 2,701 out of 20,380. Before him are J. Allen Hynek (1910), Dean Smith (1931), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Stella Adler (1901), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Reinhold Niebuhr (1892). After him are Paris Hilton (1981), Kamehameha II (1797), Red Buttons (1919), Judd Hirsch (1935), Buddy Rich (1917), and George Lakoff (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Nicholas Murray Butler ranks 224. Before him are Samuel Adams (1722), Mike Pompeo (1963), John Breckinridge (1760), Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), and Cus D'Amato (1908). After him are Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), Henry Wilson (1812), Eugene Meyer (1875), Mitch McConnell (1942), and Nancy Kassebaum (1932).

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