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Richard Olney

1835 - 1917

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Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American attorney, statesman, and Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the second cabinet of President Grover Cleveland as the 40th United States Attorney General from 1893 to 1895 and 34th Secretary of State from 1895 to 1897. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers. As Secretary of State, Olney mediated the Venezuelan crisis of 1895 and managed Cleveland's anti-expansionist policy in response to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Cuban War of Independence, though both Hawaii and Cuba were annexed during the subsequent William McKinley administration. He raised the status of America in the world by elevating U.S. diplomatic posts to the status of embassy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Olney is the 15,421st most popular politician (up from 15,679th in 2024), the 8,186th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,434th in 2019) and the 618th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Richard Olney ranks 15,418 out of 19,576. Before him are Margarita Robles, Karim Massimov, and Theo Waigel. After him are Bülent Arınç, Oskari Tokoi, Tillman Thomas, Jacques Poos, Dmitry Rogozin, Óscar Osorio, Puzur-Ashur I, Juan Idiarte Borda, and Ariamnes.

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Among people born in 1835, Richard Olney ranks 80. Before him are Alexander Litovchenko, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Antanas Baranauskas, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, and Kirkpatrick Macmillan. After him are Richard Andree, Johannes Wislicenus, Theodore Thomas, Daniel Giraud Elliot, A. V. Dicey, and Émile Léonard Mathieu. Among people deceased in 1917, Richard Olney ranks 110. Before him are Bob Fitzsimmons, Chrétien Waydelich, Alexei Mateevici, Mary Arthur McElroy, Viktor Madarász, and Jules Vandenpeereboom. After him are James Dwight, Andrew Murray, Waldemar Tietgens, Sergei Zubatov, Leander Starr Jameson, and Albert Ball.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Olney ranks 8,187 out of 20,380. Before him are Gavin MacLeod (1931), Helen Gallagher (1926), Johnny Griffin (1928), Joseph Dempsey (1875), and Kevin Conroy (1955). After him are Neal Schon (1954), Arthur Dove (1880), Joe Seneca (1919), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Jeanette Nolan (1911), Susan Kare (1954), and Johnny Mercer (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Olney ranks 618. Before him are Robert J. Walker (1801), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Gray Davis (1942), Michael C. Burgess (1950), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), and George Bancroft (1800). After him are Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Rod Blagojevich (1956), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), and C. E. Ruthenberg (1882).

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