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Robert A. Taft

1889 - 1953

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Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate majority leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who blocked expansion of the New Deal. Often referred to as "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert A. Taft is the 3,638th most popular politician (up from 14,961st in 2019), the 1,307th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,382nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert A. Taft ranks 3,638 out of 19,576. Before him are Di Renjie, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Yukio Hatoyama, Emperor Ōjin, Joannes, and Pyotr Krasnov. After him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Radomir Putnik, Emilio Mola, Sancho IV of Castile, Edmond Debeaumarché, and Domitianus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Robert A. Taft ranks 39. Before him are Zalman Shazar, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Pitirim Sorokin, Mercédès Jellinek, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and Kim Tu-bong. After him are Abel Gance, Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Walter Lippmann, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Among people deceased in 1953, Robert A. Taft ranks 23. Before him are Hans Fritzsche, Francis Picabia, Raoul Dufy, Hugo Sperrle, Erich Mendelsohn, and Richard Walther Darré. After him are Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Lewis Fry Richardson, Hans Reichenbach, Alice Prin, and Vsevolod Pudovkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Taft ranks 1,307 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Anderson (1945), David Gross (1941), Don Siegel (1912), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jonas Salk (1914), and Steve Martin (1945). After him are Jeffrey Wright (1965), Daniel Keyes (1927), Dick Clark (1929), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Halle Berry (1966), and Lance Henriksen (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert A. Taft ranks 120. Before him are John Dickinson (1732), Robert Smith (1757), Rudy Giuliani (1944), Michelle Obama (1964), Kevin McCarthy (1965), and Susan Wojcicki (1968). After him are Michael Kors (1959), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), William Barr (1950), and Andrew Dickson White (1832).

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