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Patrick Henry

1736 - 1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, as well as assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, he became a lawyer through self-study. Beginning his practice in 1760, Henry soon became prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Henry is the 10,706th most popular politician (up from 11,091st in 2019), the 4,182nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,033rd in 2019) and the 361st most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Patrick Henry ranks 10,706 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre Buyoya, Hamadi Jebali, Konstantinos Paspatis, Wincenty Witos, Margherita Aldobrandini, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini. After him are Juan José Torres, Theodoric Strabo, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Sam Webb, Alvise Pisani, and Erchinoald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Patrick Henry ranks 19. Before him are Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Anton Graff, Edward Waring, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, and Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal. After him are Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Daniel Morgan, Juan Bautista de Anza, Carter Braxton, and Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1799, Patrick Henry ranks 25. Before him are Étienne-Louis Boullée, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. After him are Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, and Johann Julius Walbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 4,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny Clarke (1914), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Chubby Checker (1941), Richard Jordan (1937), and Rob Cohen (1949). After him are Tracy Pollan (1960), Sam Webb (1945), Carl Andre (1935), Black Hawk (1767), Richard Wright (1908), and Douglas G. Hurley (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 361. Before him are Grace Coolidge (1879), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Kamehameha V (1830), David Duke (1950), Robert H. Jackson (1892), and Letitia Christian Tyler (1790). After him are Sam Webb (1945), Black Hawk (1767), Ralph Nader (1934), Mark Gordon (1957), Paula Hawkins (1927), and John W. McCormack (1891).

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