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Pierce Butler

1744 - 1822

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Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was an Irish-born American politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the Kingdom of Ireland, Butler emigrated to the British North American colonies, where he fought in the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served as a state legislator and was a member of the Congress of the Confederation. In 1787, he served as a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, where Butler signed the Constitution of the United States; he was also a member of the United States Senate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierce Butler is the 8,001st most popular politician (up from 18,599th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 439th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierce Butler ranks 8,001 out of 19,576. Before him are John Spata, Petra Kelly, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Maurice Papon, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Ieng Thirith. After him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Marie Anne Mancini, Venceslau Brás, Muhyiddin Yassin, Sunjong of Goryeo, and Konrad von Feuchtwangen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Pierce Butler ranks 11. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Abigail Adams, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, and Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben. After him are Elbridge Gerry, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Giacomo Quarenghi, and Anne Vallayer-Coster. Among people deceased in 1822, Pierce Butler ranks 18. Before him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Paolo Ruffini, Jean-Robert Argand, Karl August von Hardenberg, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, and Valentin Haüy. After him are Slimane of Morocco, Bathilde d'Orléans, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Dmitry Levitzky, Sophie de Condorcet, and Cheung Po Tsai.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Pierce Butler ranks 102 out of 549. Before him are James Barry (1795), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), John Banville (1945), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), Christy Brown (1932), and Andrew Graham (1815). After him are Edward England (1685), Saint Kilian (640), James Hoban (1762), Peter Lacy (1678), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), and Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Pierce Butler ranks 19. Before him are Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brian Boru (941), Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715). After him are Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Edmund the Martyr (841), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751).

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