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Alfred Francis Russell

1817 - 1884

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Alfred Francis Russell (August 25, 1817 – April 4, 1884) was an Americo-Liberian missionary, planter, and politician who served as tenth president of Liberia from 1883 to 1884 after serving as vice-president under Anthony William Gardiner, whom he succeeded as president. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Russell was emancipated in 1833 (with his mother Amelie "Milly" Crawford) by their mistress Mary Owen Todd Russell Wickliffe (Russell's grandmother through his white father). Wickliffe also emancipated his cousin, Lucretia Russell, and her four children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Francis Russell has received more than 68,178 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alfred Francis Russell is the 15,058th most popular politician (down from 13,960th in 2019), the 8,966th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,458th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 15,058 out of 15,577Before him are Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Dimitrios Drivas, Maurice Kouandété, Baldwin Spencer, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Dumuzid the Fisherman. After him are John Gorton, John F. Kelly, Patrick Roy, Timo Soini, John Adair, and Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 76Before him are Palladius, George Holyoake, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Thomas Thomson, Richard Spruce, and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès. After him are Manuel Robles Pezuela, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1884, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 60Before him are Victor Massé, Judah P. Benjamin, Daniel Harrwitz, Menyhért Lónyay, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, and George Engelmann. After him are Arnold Henry Guyot, José Eusebio Otalora, John Hutton Balfour, and Charles J. Folger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 8,966 out of 18,182Before him are Peyton List (1986), Evan Handler (1961), Loleatta Holloway (1946), Michele Lee (1942), Tamara Tunie (1959), and Armistead Maupin (1944). After him are Robert Pastorelli (1954), Debi Diamond (1965), John F. Kelly (1950), Mary Kay Place (1947), Carly Fiorina (1954), and John Torrey (1796).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 553Before him are Edward Givens (1930), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), Melvin Laird (1922), Gavin Newsom (1967), Bob Avakian (1943), and Richard Olney (1835). After him are John F. Kelly (1950), John Adair (1757), Ken Salazar (1955), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Jim Ross (1952), and Porter Goss (1938).