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William Windom

1827 - 1891

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William Windom (May 10, 1827 – January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 to 1883. He also served two non-consecutive times as Secretary of the Treasury from March to November 1881, and from 1889 to 1891, under three Presidents. He was a Republican. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Windom is the 9,914th most popular politician (up from 17,552nd in 2019), the 3,792nd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,587th in 2019) and the 322nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Windom ranks 9,914 out of 19,576Before him are Daumantas of Pskov, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Prince Hisaaki, and Jim Garrison. After him are Alexander Schallenberg, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Sabina of Bavaria, Dragan Čović, Bubo, Duke of the Frisians, and Kalevi Sorsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, William Windom ranks 37Before him are Nikolai Severtzov, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, and Paul de Lagarde. After him are Henri Ernest Baillon, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Kusumoto Ine, Karl Maximovich, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, and Amédée Courbet. Among people deceased in 1891, William Windom ranks 58Before him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Giovanni Morelli, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Ion C. Brătianu, Paul de Lagarde, and Konstantin Leontiev. After him are Karl Maximovich, Miklós Ybl, Pōmare V, Jean Stas, Heinrich Graetz, and Louis Paulsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Windom ranks 3,792 out of 20,380Before him are Mel Blanc (1908), Carmine Coppola (1910), Calista Flockhart (1964), Eric Singer (1958), Marie Laveau (1801), and Jim Garrison (1921). After him are Seymour Hersh (1937), Sean Michaels (1958), Phil Scott (1958), Scott Carpenter (1925), Peter Krause (1965), and Eric Schmidt (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Windom ranks 322Before him are Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Harry Hopkins (1890), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), and Jim Garrison (1921). After him are Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Robert Gates (1943), Dolley Madison (1768), William P. Clark Jr. (1931), and Daniel Inouye (1924).