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Robert Lansing

1864 - 1928

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Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 42nd United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. As Counselor to the State Department and then as Secretary of State, he was a leading advocate for American involvement in World War I. Lansing was born and raised in Watertown, New York, where he joined his father's law firm after graduating from Amherst College. After developing expertise in international law and marrying the daughter of Secretary of State John W. Foster, he served as associate counsel to the United States delegations to the Bering Sea Arbitration and Bering Sea Claims, before arguing the United States case before the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903. As a conservative, pro-business voice in the Democratic Party, Lansing was appointed by Woodrow Wilson as Counselor to the State Department under Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Lansing is the 10,981st most popular politician (down from 10,116th in 2019), the 4,368th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,539th in 2019) and the 374th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Lansing ranks 10,981 out of 19,576. Before him are István Friedrich, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Kabayama Sukenori, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, and Spyros Markezinis. After him are Pierre Tirard, Luísa Diogo, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Pharasmanes I of Iberia, Yusuf III of Granada, and Si Inthrathit.

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Among people born in 1864, Robert Lansing ranks 95. Before him are José Gregorio Hernández, Ricarda Huch, Michael Mayr, Tsuda Umeko, Adolf Wölfli, and Marguerite Durand. After him are Karl Neukirch, Guy Ropartz, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, John Henry Mackay, and Roger Casement. Among people deceased in 1928, Robert Lansing ranks 59. Before him are Adolphe Appia, Gustave Ador, Edward Walter Maunder, Emil Wiechert, Frank Dicksee, and Mauritz Stiller. After him are Anita Berber, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Enrico Cecchetti, Alexander Spendiaryan, Arnold Rothstein, and Arthur Gore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lansing ranks 4,368 out of 20,380. Before him are Andre Braugher (1962), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Barbara Walters (1929), Sammy Hagar (1947), Mildred Natwick (1905), and Jackie Gleason (1916). After him are Richard Hamming (1915), Mack Swain (1876), Billy Blanks (1955), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Todd Howard (1971), and Sarah Paulson (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Lansing ranks 374. Before him are Ross Perot (1930), Peter T. King (1944), Kelly Craft (1962), Andrew Yang (1975), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), and Harriet Lane (1830). After him are Abigail Fillmore (1798), Gavin Newsom (1967), Stacey Abrams (1973), Fritz Hollings (1922), Gary Peters (1958), and Eddie Lawson (1958).

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