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William Samuel Johnson

1727 - 1819

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William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He attended all of the four founding American Congresses: the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the Congress of the Confederation in 1785–1787, the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he was chairman of the Committee of Style that drafted the final version of the United States Constitution, and as a senator from Connecticut in the first United States Congress in 1789-1791. He also served as the third president of Columbia University (then known as Columbia College). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Samuel Johnson is the 17,071st most popular politician (down from 16,934th in 2019), the 11,143rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,989th in 2019) and the 850th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, William Samuel Johnson ranks 17,071 out of 19,576. Before her are Choguel Kokalla Maïga, Howell Cobb, Múte Bourup Egede, Dunja Mijatović, Sari Essayah, and Eliud Williams. After her are Greg Gianforte, Petra De Sutter, Abraham Baldwin, Alexandru Athanasiu, Jean-François Lamour, and Ceolwulf of Northumbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, William Samuel Johnson ranks 31. Before her are François-Hubert Drouais, Ivan Shuvalov, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Peter Woulfe, Andrew Planche, and Johann Gottfried Zinn. After her is William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1819, William Samuel Johnson ranks 35. Before her are Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Oliver Hazard Perry, John Jeffries, Mary Moser, John Langdon, and Oliver Evans. After her is Caleb Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Samuel Johnson ranks 11,145 out of 20,380. Before her are Howell Cobb (1815), Brian Christopher (1972), Kay Johnson (1904), Terry Callier (1945), Charlie Puth (1991), and Jim Backus (1913). After her are Greg Gianforte (1961), Hillary Brooke (1914), Scott Rudin (1958), Red Skelton (1913), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), and Harlan F. Stone (1872).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Samuel Johnson ranks 850. Before her are Dennis Hastert (1942), Hiram Johnson (1866), Jane Dee Hull (1935), William H. Webster (1924), Susanna M. Salter (1860), and Howell Cobb (1815). After her are Greg Gianforte (1961), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Henry McMaster (1947), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746), and Daniel Goldin (1940).

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