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Alphonso Taft

1810 - 1891

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Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was an American jurist, diplomat, politician, Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. He was also the founder of the Taft political dynasty, and father of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. As Secretary of War, Taft's popular appointment by Grant did much to restore the integrity of the War Department. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonso Taft has received more than 429,097 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonso Taft is the 15,450th most popular politician (down from 14,458th in 2019), the 8,092nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,949th in 2019) and the 515th most popular American Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alphonso Taft ranks 15,450 out of 19,576. Before him are Juan Mora Fernández, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Margrete Auken, Carlos José Solórzano, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and Postumus Cominius Auruncus. After him are Imangali Tasmagambetov, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Prince Ali bin Hussein, Ali Bozer, Anna Kéthly, and Claude Allègre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alphonso Taft ranks 90. Before him are Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Carl Mayet, Nicolae Golescu, Ernestine Rose, Robert Mallet, and Jeremiah S. Black. After him are Andrew Scott Waugh, Julián Castro, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Pierre Bosquet, Victor Motschulsky, and Tomás Gomensoro Albín. Among people deceased in 1891, Alphonso Taft ranks 101. Before him are Anton Heinrich Springer, Amalie Dietrich, Edwin Long, Calixa Lavallée, Lajos Haynald, and Antonio Arenas. After him are José María Urvina, George Bancroft, Joseph Bazalgette, Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, and George Hearst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alphonso Taft ranks 8,092 out of 20,380. Before him are Story Musgrave (1935), Laura Poitras (1964), David Koepp (1963), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Marge Champion (1919), and Jimmy Hart (1943). After him are Tracy McGrady (1979), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Abraham Flexner (1866), Robert Rubin (1938), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), and Charles Cyphers (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alphonso Taft ranks 515. Before him are Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Rose Cleveland (1846), William H. Crawford (1772), Thomas Ewing (1789), and Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969). After him are Wilbur Ross (1937), Asa Hutchinson (1950), Frederick Muhlenberg (1750), Robert M. La Follette (1855), John P. Kennedy (1795), and Morrison Waite (1816).

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