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DeWitt Clinton

1769 - 1828

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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the seventh and ninth governor of New York. In the last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of DeWitt Clinton has received more than 995,436 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). DeWitt Clinton is the 15,266th most popular politician (down from 14,315th in 2019), the 7,795th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,668th in 2019) and the 495th most popular American Politician.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

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  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, DeWitt Clinton ranks 15,266 out of 19,576. Before him are Pak Ui-chun, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Billy Cunningham, Dimitrij Rupel, Ariamnes of Cappadocia, and Abuzed Omar Dorda. After him are Donduk Kuular, Jhala Nath Khanal, Dritan Abazović, Leopold Skulski, Dudley Senanayake, and Erhard Keller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, DeWitt Clinton ranks 46. Before him are Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Jane Marcet, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, and Mahmud Shah Durrani. After him are Amelia Opie, Gaetano Savi, and Marie-Louise Lachapelle. Among people deceased in 1828, DeWitt Clinton ranks 43. Before him are Rachel Jackson, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Vincenzo Monti, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Johann Christoph Wendland, and Félix de Avelar Brotero. After him are Dugald Stewart, John Oxley, and William Few.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, DeWitt Clinton ranks 7,795 out of 20,380. Before him are John Lipsky (1947), Billy Cunningham (1943), Willard Scott (1934), Dorothy Cheney (1916), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), and Esther Phillips (1935). After him are Kyle Gass (1960), David Brown (1916), John Jacob Abel (1857), Sean Gunn (1974), Hal Greer (1936), and Kate Bosworth (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, DeWitt Clinton ranks 495. Before him are Metacomet (1639), Earl Browder (1891), James Brady (1940), Eugene Meyer (1875), John W. Snow (1939), and Billy Cunningham (1943). After him are Jeff Sessions (1946), Julian Castro (1974), Dick Durbin (1944), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jean Carnahan (1933), and Robert A. Lovett (1895).

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