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Charles Foster

1828 - 1904

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Charles William Foster Jr. (April 12, 1828 – January 9, 1904) was a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio. Foster was the 35th governor of Ohio, and later went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison. From 1871 to 1879, he served four terms in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Foster has received more than 20,439 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Foster is the 17,253rd most popular politician (down from 14,564th in 2019), the 11,760th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,105th in 2019) and the 783rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Foster ranks 17,253 out of 19,576Before him are Paul Bérenger, Gene Okerlund, Suhail Shaheen, Hilda Cameron, Peter Caruana, and Tulsi Giri. After him are Bob Loughman, Adelina Gutiérrez, Maria das Neves, Jurelang Zedkaia, Dana Rohrabacher, and Reinhard Bütikofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Charles Foster ranks 69Before him are Charles Allston Collins, Balfour Stewart, Thomas F. Bayard, Luiza Pesjak, Margaret Oliphant, and Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera.  Among people deceased in 1904, Charles Foster ranks 92Before him are Andrei Ryabushkin, Richard Knill Freeman, George Salmon, John Brown Gordon, Frances Power Cobbe, and Mark Hanna. After him is John Bell Hatcher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Foster ranks 11,760 out of 20,380Before him are Gene Okerlund (1942), Laraine Newman (1952), Ben Moody (1981), William Boyd (1895), Titian Peale (1799), and Buck Owens (1929). After him are Troy Ruttman (1930), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Preston Foster (1900), Dr. Demento (1941), Ashley Johnson (1983), and Steve Clark (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles Foster ranks 783Before him are Ed Lee (1952), Laura Kelly (1950), Timothy Geithner (1961), Harold L. Ickes (1874), Chris Coons (1963), and Gene Okerlund (1942). After him are Dana Rohrabacher (1947), Ed Markey (1946), Jim Webb (1946), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), John Blair Jr. (1732), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989).