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Samuel Dexter

1761 - 1816

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Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 – May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dexter was a 1781 graduate of Harvard College. After receiving his degree he studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1784, and began to practice in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. A Federalist, Dexter served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1788 to 1790. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Dexter is the 14,194th most popular politician (up from 14,431st in 2019), the 6,662nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,742nd in 2019) and the 536th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Samuel Dexter ranks 14,194 out of 19,576. Before her are Oliver Ivanović, Suella Braverman, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus, Albert Gallatin, Jane Marcet, and Élie Lescot. After her are Harihara I, Florence Devouard, Gartnait I, Marduk-balassu-iqbi, Stanisław Narutowicz, and Hoàng Văn Thái.

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Among people born in 1761, Samuel Dexter ranks 38. Before her are Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, William Gregor, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Dorothea Jordan, Richard Anthony Salisbury, and Albert Gallatin. After her are Ludwig Abeille, Henry Shrapnel, Joshua Brookes, John Opie, John Rennie the Elder, and Sybil Ludington. Among people deceased in 1816, Samuel Dexter ranks 32. Before her are Dorothea Jordan, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Edward Charles Howard, Christian Konrad Sprengel, and Domenico Vandelli. After her are Gouverneur Morris, and James McHenry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Dexter ranks 6,664 out of 20,380. Before her are Barney Kessel (1923), Willie Garson (1964), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Jay Cutler (1973), Lee Aaker (1943), and Duffer brothers (1984). After her are Godfrey Reggio (1940), Evelyn Keyes (1916), Mark Isham (1951), John Patrick Foley (1935), Tara Reid (1975), and Mark L. Lester (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Samuel Dexter ranks 536. Before her are Steve Bullock (1966), Metacomet (1639), Jim Jordan (1964), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Hannah Van Buren (1783), and Carolyn Maloney (1946). After her are James G. Blaine (1830), Rick Perry (1950), Josh Hawley (1979), Timothy Pickering (1745), Edward Livingston (1764), and Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969).

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