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Bainbridge Colby

1869 - 1950

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Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American politician and attorney who was a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912; he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party, but never won. Colby served as Secretary of State from February 1920 until 1921, at a time when President Woodrow Wilson was medically handicapped and largely out of touch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bainbridge Colby has received more than 119,689 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Bainbridge Colby is the 14,542nd most popular politician (down from 13,613th in 2019), the 6,863rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,658th in 2019) and the 442nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bainbridge Colby ranks 14,542 out of 19,576. Before him are Érik Orsenna, Joseph von Radowitz, Robin Cook, Gamal Mubarak, Yan Huiqing, and Vernon A. Walters. After him are Francis Biddle, K. B. Hedgewar, Cornel Penu, Eduardo Schaerer, William Colby, and Louis McLane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Bainbridge Colby ranks 131. Before him are Kálmán Kandó, Robert W. Paul, Oton Iveković, Juan Bautista Pérez, Alwin Mittasch, and Myriam Harry. After him are Constantin Angelescu, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, August Blom, Helene Stöcker, Henriette Roland Holst, and Harry Stafford. Among people deceased in 1950, Bainbridge Colby ranks 148. Before him are Maurice Costello, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Gopinath Bordoloi, Sara Allgood, Ransom E. Olds, and Yan Huiqing. After him are Dezső Földes, Guðjón Samúelsson, Hanns Kräly, Rex Ingram, Pierre Prüm, and Frederick Keeping.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bainbridge Colby ranks 6,863 out of 20,380. Before him are Avery Brooks (1948), Mark Frost (1953), Lee Meriwether (1935), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), and Casey Kasem (1932). After him are Hope Davis (1964), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), William Colby (1920), Louis McLane (1786), Phyllis Diller (1917), and William Schuman (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bainbridge Colby ranks 442. Before him are Richard Lugar (1932), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Max Baucus (1941), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), and Vernon A. Walters (1917). After him are William Colby (1920), Louis McLane (1786), George Moscone (1929), John Forsyth (1780), William Pinkney (1764), and Rahm Emanuel (1959).

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