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Albert Gallatin

1761 - 1849

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Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years of the United States, helping shape the new republic's financial system and foreign policy. Gallatin was a prominent member of the Democratic-Republican Party, represented Pennsylvania in both chambers of Congress, and held several influential roles across four presidencies, most notably as the longest serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Gallatin has received more than 791,821 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Albert Gallatin is the 14,531st most popular politician (down from 14,314th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 510th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert Gallatin ranks 14,531 out of 19,576. Before him are Max Baucus, Serge Telle, Dmitry Tolstoy, Tlepolemus, Masha Bruskina, and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann. After him are Jack Straw, Andriy Yermak, Scott Morrison, Viktor Khristenko, Érik Orsenna, and Joseph von Radowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Albert Gallatin ranks 38. Before him are Henry Shrapnel, Jacob Hübner, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Ludwig Abeille, Samuel Dexter, and John Moore. After him are Richard Anthony Salisbury, Joshua Brookes, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, John Opie, John Rennie the Elder, and Sybil Ludington. Among people deceased in 1849, Albert Gallatin ranks 58. Before him are Jacob Perkins, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, and José María Carreño. After him are Ján Hollý, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, William Townsend Aiton, Edward Hicks, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albert Gallatin ranks 512 out of 1,015. Before him are Ernst Wetter (1877), Konrad Stäheli (1931), René Bader (1922), Willy Jäggi (1906), Patrick Moraz (1948), and Franz von Werra (1914). After him are Renée Colliard (1933), Gaudenzio Marconi (1841), Ciriaco Sforza (1970), René Fasel (1950), Max Miedinger (1910), and Johannes Baumann (1874).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Albert Gallatin ranks 98. Before him are Alois Estermann (1954), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Eugen Huber (1849), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), and Ernst Wetter (1877). After him are Johannes Baumann (1874), Hoyte van Hoytema (1971), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913), and Pierre Graber (1908).

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