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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 395,545 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonso Taft is the 14,507th most popular politician (down from 12,747th in 2019), the 7,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,818th in 2019) and the 485th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alphonso Taft ranks 14,507 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Lin Chuan, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Bronislovas Lubys, and John Key. After him are Daniel Oduber Quirós, Moshe Sanbar, Silbannacus, Ricardo Samper, Alfonso Portillo, and Jocelerme Privert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alphonso Taft ranks 79. Before him are Edward Blyth, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, Nicolae Golescu, Little Crow, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and Carl Mayet. After him are Ernestine Rose, Jeremiah S. Black, Julián Castro, Louis Fraser, Johann Ludwig Krapf, and John McCloskey. Among people deceased in 1891, Alphonso Taft ranks 90. Before him are Anton Heinrich Springer, Edwin Long, Calixa Lavallée, Amalie Dietrich, Joseph Roumanille, and Antonio Arenas. After him are Pierre de Decker, George Bancroft, Emma Abbott, Charles Bradlaugh, Barbara Bodichon, and Joseph Bazalgette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alphonso Taft ranks 7,964 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur Crudup (1905), Sly Stone (1943), James Smith (1953), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Randy Jones (1952), and Edward Arnold (1890). After him are Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Earl Monroe (1944), Charles Brown (1922), John Isner (1985), Reta Shaw (1912), and Harriet Bland (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alphonso Taft ranks 485. Before him are John Rutledge (1739), Louis McLane (1786), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), James Spriggs Payne (1819), Hamilton Fish (1808), and Greg Abbott (1957). After him are Bill Richardson (1947), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Orrin Hatch (1934), Barbara Boxer (1940), and Whitney Smith (1940).

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