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Richard Bassett

1745 - 1815

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Richard Bassett (April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815) was an American politician, attorney, slave owner and later abolitionist, veteran of the American Revolution, signer of the United States Constitution, and one of the Founding Fathers of America. He also served as United States Senator from Delaware, chief justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas, governor of Delaware and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bassett is the 7,631st most popular politician (up from 16,848th in 2019), the 2,789th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,756th in 2019) and the 240th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Bassett ranks 7,631 out of 19,576. Before him are Mette Frederiksen, Penda of Mercia, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Elena Stasova, Enomoto Takeaki, and Carlo Sforza. After him are John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Prince Rahotep, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ernest, Margrave of Austria, and Edward Balliol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Richard Bassett ranks 24. Before him are Jens Juel, Şahin Giray, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Valentin Haüy, Denis Fonvizin, and Casimir Pulaski. After him are Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, and Bodawpaya. Among people deceased in 1815, Richard Bassett ranks 18. Before him are Smithson Tennant, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 9th Dalai Lama, Charles Lee, John Carroll, and Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, and Solomon II of Imereti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Bassett ranks 2,789 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederik Pohl (1919), Dan Inosanto (1936), James Levine (1943), Benjamin Spock (1903), E. E. Cummings (1894), and Gordon Cooper (1927). After him are Nancy Roman (1925), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), and Ellison Onizuka (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Bassett ranks 240. Before him are Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Ella Grasso (1919), and Jeb Bush (1953). After him are Avery Brundage (1887), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Ron Johnson (1955), Ron DeSantis (1978), Julia Grant (1826), and Tom Price (1954).

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