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Richard Mentor Johnson

1780 - 1850

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Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Mentor Johnson is the 8,183rd most popular politician (up from 11,301st in 2019), the 3,022nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,130th in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Richard Mentor Johnson ranks 8,183 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolph Diesterweg, Eudokia Angelina, Marquess of Beixiang, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Shutruk-Nakhunte, and Mojmir II of Moravia. After him are Ewa Kopacz, Matsukata Masayoshi, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Emperor Sukō, and Władysław III Spindleshanks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Richard Mentor Johnson ranks 20. Before him are Mary Somerville, Bernardino Rivadavia, Karl Nesselrode, Clarke Abel, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Conradin Kreutzer. After him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Angelica Catalani, Georgios Karaiskakis, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Anastasio Bustamante, and Alexandre Deschapelles. Among people deceased in 1850, Richard Mentor Johnson ranks 32. Before him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, John C. Calhoun, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, William Prout, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark. After him are Gustav Schwab, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Lorenzo Bartolini, Margaret Fuller, and Adalbert Gyrowetz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Mentor Johnson ranks 3,022 out of 20,380. Before him are Danny Kaye (1911), Anna Moffo (1932), Pauley Perrette (1969), June Allyson (1917), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), and Carl Sandburg (1878). After him are Betty Grable (1916), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Dennis Wilson (1944), Philip Abelson (1913), Ken Kercheval (1935), and Charles H. Bennett (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Mentor Johnson ranks 264. Before him are Charlie Baker (1956), Elbridge Gerry (1744), John Hancock (1737), Charles Rangel (1930), James Baker (1930), and Lew Wallace (1827). After him are John Connally (1917), Charles Curtis (1860), George M. Dallas (1792), Pete Buttigieg (1982), John Brown Gordon (1832), and Hannibal Hamlin (1809).

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