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Samuel Ryan Curtis

1805 - 1866

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Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 – December 26, 1866) was an American military officer and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, especially for his victories at the Battles of Pea Ridge in 1862 and Westport in 1864. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Ryan Curtis is the 1,786th most popular military personnel (up from 1,998th in 2019), the 7,416th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,242nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Samuel Ryan Curtis ranks 1,786 out of 2,058. Before him are Manuel Goded Llopis, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Serhiy Shaptala, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, and Trần Văn Trà. After him are Hyman G. Rickover, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Frederick Townsend Ward, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Marie Ljalková, and Adolf Ehrnrooth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Samuel Ryan Curtis ranks 70. Before him are Alexander Burnes, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, William Lloyd Garrison, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Josef Danhauser, and Michael Sars. After him are William Harrison Ainsworth, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Samuel Palmer, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Tomás Frías, and James Wilson. Among people deceased in 1866, Samuel Ryan Curtis ranks 38. Before him are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Mikayel Nalbandian, Peter Joseph Lenné, Adolf Bernhard Marx, and William Hopkins. After him are George Ord, János Scitovszky, Jean-Jacques Willmar, José Ignacio Pavón, John Ross, and Louis Fraser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Ryan Curtis ranks 7,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob James (1939), George Peabody (1795), Laurel Clark (1961), Dennis Dugan (1946), Gina Carano (1982), and Steve Porcaro (1957). After him are Dennis Ralston (1942), Mario Cuomo (1932), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), Sandy Dennis (1937), Marilyn Miller (1898), and Assata Shakur (1947).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Samuel Ryan Curtis ranks 120. Before him are Lewis Powell (1844), James Van Fleet (1892), George Pickett (1825), Smedley Butler (1881), Mickey Marcus (1901), and Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806). After him are Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Eugene Sledge (1923), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Jacob L. Devers (1887), Peter Pace (1945), and Richard Bong (1920).

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