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William Wirt

1772 - 1834

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William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history. He was also the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election. Wirt grew up in Maryland but pursued a legal career in Virginia, passing the Virginia bar in 1792. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wirt is the 6,805th most popular politician (up from 17,389th in 2019), the 2,475th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,125th in 2019) and the 207th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Wirt ranks 6,805 out of 19,576. Before him are Mark Carney, Junio Valerio Borghese, Gaston, Count of Eu, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Bohemond IV of Antioch, and Sati Beg. After him are Miklós Németh, Al-Musta'in, Ram Khamhaeng, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Tomás Estrada Palma, and Pleistoanax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, William Wirt ranks 19. Before him are Tarrare, Charles Leclerc, Marie Anne Lenormand, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol. After him are Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, and Mikhail Speransky. Among people deceased in 1834, William Wirt ranks 18. Before him are Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, William Carey, Jacques Balmat, Husein Gradaščević, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. After him are William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Aleksey Arakcheyev, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, James Weddell, and David Douglas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wirt ranks 2,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Wolf (1948), Henry Bergman (1868), Ma Barker (1873), Michael Cunningham (1952), Robert Moog (1934), and Edward Albee (1928). After him are Beau Bridges (1941), Eddie Constantine (1913), Arthur Danto (1924), James Brendan Connolly (1868), John Gray (1951), and John Romita Sr. (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Wirt ranks 207. Before him are Thomas R. Marshall (1854), Mark Felt (1913), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Kalākaua (1836), John O. Brennan (1955), and Dan Quayle (1947). After him are Dan White (1946), Mike Dunleavy (1961), William H. Seward (1801), Curtis LeMay (1906), Sam Houston (1793), and Ron Paul (1935).

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