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Abel P. Upshur

1790 - 1844

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Abel Parker Upshur (June 17, 1790 – February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer, planter, judge, and politician from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Active in Virginia state politics for decades, with a brother and a nephew who became distinguished U.S. Navy officers, Judge Upshur left the Virginia bench to become the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State during the administration of President John Tyler, a fellow Virginian. He negotiated the treaty that led to the 1845 Texas annexation to the United States and helped ensure that it was admitted as a slave state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel P. Upshur has received more than 146,126 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abel P. Upshur is the 14,486th most popular politician (up from 14,740th in 2019), the 6,798th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,421st in 2019) and the 434th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abel P. Upshur ranks 14,486 out of 19,576. Before him are Eleanor of Normandy, Ventidius Cumanus, Borislav Paravac, Hélène Prévost, Stafford Cripps, and Tiberius Claudius Balbilus. After him are Baltasar Brum, Felix Lichnowsky, Rudolf Scharping, Luis Alberto Monge, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, and Saleh Kebzabo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Abel P. Upshur ranks 46. Before him are Ignaz von Rudhart, Melchor Múzquiz, Jean René Constant Quoy, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Juan Álvarez, and Letitia Christian Tyler. After him are Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, William Davies Evans, John Ross, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, and Tommaso Grossi. Among people deceased in 1844, Abel P. Upshur ranks 37. Before him are Vincenzo Camuccini, Henri-Montan Berton, Jacob Aall, Johannes van den Bosch, Melchor Múzquiz, and José Rondeau. After him are Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Gaetano Savi, Thomas Henderson, Thomas Campbell, Sándor Kisfaludy, and Domingo Nieto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abel P. Upshur ranks 6,798 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Pace (1945), Amanda Bearse (1958), Michael Paul Chan (1950), Bert Stern (1929), James Nachtwey (1948), and Zalman King (1941). After him are Henry L. Giclas (1910), George Nader (1921), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Ford Sterling (1883), and Camille Keaton (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Abel P. Upshur ranks 434. Before him are Robert Bacon (1860), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), José Graziano da Silva (1949), William M. Evarts (1818), Samuel Dexter (1761), and Patty Murray (1950). After him are John Rutledge (1739), Richard Lugar (1932), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Max Baucus (1941), and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933).

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