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Robert Morris

1734 - 1806

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Robert Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born American merchant, investor and politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and was one of only two people to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S Constitution; the other being Roger Sherman. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution." Along with Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin, he is widely regarded as one of the founders of the financial system of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Morris is the 16,629th most popular politician (down from 16,146th in 2019), the 4,996th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,655th in 2019) and the 596th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Morris ranks 16,629 out of 19,576. Before him are Khalid Skah, Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, Juliet Mitchell, Anton Rop, Andrei Sannikov, and Josiah Bartlett. After him are Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Nicolas Hulot, Alexander Volkov, Naim Talu, Maurice Kouandété, and Derog Gioura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Robert Morris ranks 30. Before him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías, George Romney, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Ralph Abercromby, Giuseppe Piermarini, and Peter Perez Burdett. After him is Thomas McKean. Among people deceased in 1806, Robert Morris ranks 50. Before him are Karoline von Günderrode, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Henry Knox, Heinrich Christian Boie, Benjamin Banneker, and Rana Bahadur Shah. After him are William Paterson, John Graves Simcoe, Elizabeth Carter, and George Wythe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Morris ranks 4,997 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cross (1949), Elton Dean (1945), Emlyn Hughes (1947), Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Stan Vickers (1932). After him are Daisy Ridley (1992), Michael Keane (1993), The Proclaimers (1962), Richard Ashcroft (1971), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), and Lionel Tertis (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Morris ranks 596. Before him are Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868). After him are William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Douglas Hurd (1930), Henry Hyndman (1842), and Rhodri Morgan (1939).

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