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Charles J. Folger

1818 - 1884

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Charles James Folger (April 16, 1818 – September 4, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was a State Senator in New York from 1862 to 1869 and served as the 34th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from November 14, 1881 until his death in 1884. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles J. Folger has received more than 58,107 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles J. Folger is the 17,055th most popular politician (down from 16,319th in 2019), the 11,292nd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,365th in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles J. Folger ranks 17,055 out of 19,576. Before him are Horatio Seymour, Aminata Touré, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Rhodri Morgan, Jorge Del Castillo, and Sartaj Aziz. After him are William Cockburn, Andrii Deshchytsia, Mohammed al-Houthi, Carla Marangoni, Soumaïla Cissé, and Ulla Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Charles J. Folger ranks 98. Before him are Joseph Weydemeyer, Don Carlos Buell, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Johan Lange, José Amador de los Ríos, and Elizabeth F. Ellet. After him are Nathaniel Lyon, John Henninger Reagan, Wade Hampton III, and George S. Boutwell. Among people deceased in 1884, Charles J. Folger ranks 72. Before him are Quintino Sella, George Engelmann, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, John Hutton Balfour, LeRoy Pope Walker, and José Eusebio Otalora. After him are John Kilian, and Wendell Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles J. Folger ranks 11,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Ryun (1947), Peter Sellars (1957), Aaron Carter (1987), Drew Carey (1958), Sufjan Stevens (1975), and Ethel Clayton (1882). After him are Lucille Ricksen (1910), A. E. Douglass (1867), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Scott Adams (1957), Han Ye-seul (1981), and Margaret Harwood (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles J. Folger ranks 747. Before him are John Adams Dix (1798), Don Young (1933), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Steny Hoyer (1939), Howell Cobb (1815), and Horatio Seymour (1810). After him are Elliot Richardson (1920), Carl Levin (1934), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Rodney Mullen (1966), James Barbour (1775), and Liz Cheney (1966).

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