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Benjamin N. Cardozo

1870 - 1938

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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (May 24, 1870 – July 9, 1938) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1932 until his death in 1938. Cardozo is remembered for his significant influence on the development of American common law in the 20th century, in addition to his philosophy and vivid prose style. Born in New York City, Cardozo passed the bar in 1891 after attending Columbia Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin N. Cardozo has received more than 866,459 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin N. Cardozo is the 96th most popular lawyer (down from 72nd in 2019), the 10,832nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,110th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Benjamin N. Cardozo ranks 96 out of 136. Before him are Karim Ahmad Khan, Alberto Nisman, Felix Frankfurter, John Dean, Richard Wagner, and Roscoe Pound. After him are Irene Khan, Hauwa Ibrahim, Fatimata M'Baye, Finn Tveter, Robert Treat Paine, and Judy Sheindlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Benjamin N. Cardozo ranks 164. Before him are Hubert Gough, Antonín Slavíček, Liberato Marcial Rojas, William Glackens, Erskine Childers, and Roscoe Pound. After him are Alexander Munro, Philip Herbert Cowell, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. Among people deceased in 1938, Benjamin N. Cardozo ranks 216. Before him are Jean-Guy Gautier, Alma Gluck, Tom Crean, William Glackens, Oscar Apfel, and Karl Malmström. After him are Pauline Frederick, Thomas Dewing, Arthur Barclay, Lascelles Abercrombie, Aarne Pohjonen, and Lady Ottoline Morrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin N. Cardozo ranks 10,832 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Eby (1894), Chino Moreno (1973), Norman Thagard (1943), Lowell George (1945), John Russell Pope (1874), and Alison Bechdel (1960). After him are Robert Herman (1914), Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Jack Holt (1888), Jasika Nicole (1980), Glen Powell (1988), and Sandy Allen (1955).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Benjamin N. Cardozo ranks 26. Before him are Doug Emhoff (1964), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Christopher A. Wray (1966), John Dean (1938), and Roscoe Pound (1870). After him are Robert Treat Paine (1731), Judy Sheindlin (1942), Robert Lighthizer (1947), Belva Ann Lockwood (1830), Griffin Bell (1918), and Bryan Stevenson (1959).

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