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Robert Smith

1757 - 1842

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Robert Smith (November 3, 1757 – November 26, 1842) was an American politician, diplomat, and admiralty lawyer. He served as the second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811. He was the younger brother of Senator Samuel Smith. Smith was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and later graduated from Princeton University, then known as the College of New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Smith is the 3,513th most popular politician (up from 11,147th in 2019), the 1,267th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,056th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Smith ranks 3,513 out of 19,576. Before him are Absalon, Zhang Liang, Spitamenes, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Tetricus I, and Urraca of León. After him are Muhammad I of Córdoba, Al-Mu'tamid, Bajram Begaj, Eadwig, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, and Vortigern.

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Among people born in 1757, Robert Smith ranks 8. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, William Blake, Antonio Canova, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Pierre Augereau, and Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and George Vancouver. Among people deceased in 1842, Robert Smith ranks 9. Before him are Luigi Cherubini, Constanze Mozart, Bernardo O'Higgins, Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, and Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans. After him are Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Shah Shujah Durrani, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, and Dominique Jean Larrey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Smith ranks 1,267 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Mickey Rourke (1952), Robert Vaughn (1932), Burt Young (1940), and Winona Ryder (1971). After him are Philip Zimbardo (1933), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), Rey Mysterio (1974), Billy Joel (1949), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), and Ray Tomlinson (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Smith ranks 115. Before him are Marco Rubio (1971), Colin Powell (1937), George Papandreou (1952), Mike Johnson (1972), Eliot Ness (1903), and John Dickinson (1732). After him are Rudy Giuliani (1944), Michelle Obama (1964), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Robert A. Taft (1889), and Michael Kors (1959).

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