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Rufus King

1755 - 1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress, he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party and was the party's last presidential nominee during the 1816 presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rufus King is the 16,738th most popular politician (down from 16,497th in 2019), the 10,416th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,986th in 2019) and the 783rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rufus King ranks 16,738 out of 19,576. Before him are Kol of Sweden, Anthony Carmona, José Antonio Kast, Philippe Riboud, Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona, and Bajram Rexhepi. After him are Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, Lionel Aingimea, Salou Djibo, Valeria Ciavatta, Tenskwatawa, and Edward Akufo-Addo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Rufus King ranks 51. Before him are Thomas Hardwicke, William Bradford, Abol-Fath Khan Zand, Johann Christoph Wendland, Nathan Hale, and Oliver Evans. After him is Nicholas Gilman. Among people deceased in 1827, Rufus King ranks 36. Before him are János Bihari, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Henry Salt, and Charles Willson Peale. After him is Israel Pickens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rufus King ranks 10,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Jackson (1958), Tommy Rettig (1941), Inga Swenson (1932), Chaz Bono (1969), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), and D. A. Pennebaker (1925). After him are Abby Dalton (1932), Martin Luther King III (1957), Gustav Hasford (1947), Jesse Williams (1981), John Gallagher Jr. (1984), and Michael Swanwick (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rufus King ranks 783. Before him are George Ryan (1934), Richard Rush (1780), Mark Esper (1964), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Tim Kaine (1958), and Richard Shelby (1934). After him are Tenskwatawa (1775), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Mike Enzi (1944), Tom McMillen (1952), Thomas Ewing (1789), and Henry Cabot Lodge (1850).

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