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Winfield Scott Hancock

1824 - 1886

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army two-star general and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the United States's western expansion and war with the Native Americans at the Western frontier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Winfield Scott Hancock is the 14,090th most popular politician (down from 12,344th in 2019), the 6,551st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,776th in 2019) and the 527th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 14,090 out of 19,576. Before him are Giovanni I Cornaro, Mutsu Munemitsu, Julian Castro, Lev Dovator, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, and Senusret IV. After him are Mikhail Tskhakaya, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Pyotr Saltykov, Sukhdev Thapar, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, and Ulf Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 69. Before him are Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Lőrinc Schlauch, Martin Gropius, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, and Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Joseph Hergenröther, Bertha Valerius, Francesco Brioschi, Aniceto Arce, Christen Dalsgaard, and Victoire Léodile Béra. Among people deceased in 1886, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 46. Before him are Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Richard Dadd, Edmond Laguerre, Paul Bert, Jules Malou, and Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt. After him are Tomás Villalba, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Johan Nicolai Madvig, Richard Maack, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, and Zinovios Valvis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 6,552 out of 20,380. Before him are Tyrese Gibson (1978), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Julian Castro (1974), Debbie Allen (1950), and Art Langley (1896). After him are Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Jude Ciccolella (1947), and Charles Kittel (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 527. Before him are Sargent Shriver (1915), Mike Espy (1953), Jane Pierce (1806), Jubal Early (1816), Harry Cohn (1891), and Julian Castro (1974). After him are Eugene McCarthy (1916), Joe Lieberman (1942), Steve Bullock (1966), Metacomet (1639), Jim Jordan (1964), and Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823).

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