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Edward James Roye

1815 - 1872

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Edward James Roye (February 3, 1815 – February 11, 1872) served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 to his overthrow in the 1871 Liberian coup d'état and subsequent death. He had previously served as the fourth Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward James Roye has received more than 170,243 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edward James Roye is the 15,595th most popular politician (down from 14,148th in 2019), the 10,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,935th in 2019) and the 650th most popular American Politician.

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  • 18

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  • 2.24

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  • 3.29

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward James Roye ranks 15,595 out of 15,577Before him are Vangelis Meimarakis, Jen Psaki, Alexander Borodai, Ludger Beerbaum, Shaukat Aziz, and Renhō. After him are Elihu B. Washburne, Marcus Stephen, Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Grace Mugabe, Marjan Šarec, and C. Douglas Dillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Edward James Roye ranks 77Before him are Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Athanasios Miaoulis, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and William J. Hardee. After him are Andrew Jackson Downing, James Seddon, Hablot Knight Browne, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Howell Cobb, and Alexander Ramsey. Among people deceased in 1872, Edward James Roye ranks 65Before him are Andrew Smith, Henry Halleck, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, José Burgos, Robert Wight, and Lowell Mason. After him are Robert S. Duncanson, Frederick Denison Maurice, and Thomas C. Jerdon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward James Roye ranks 10,247 out of 18,182Before him are Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), Stone Gossard (1966), Carol Shields (1935), Evelyne Hall (1909), and Birt Acres (1854). After him are Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Dan Osman (1963), Olivia Munn (1980), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Dean Smith (1931), and Tracy Hickman (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward James Roye ranks 650Before him are Thomas F. Bayard (1828), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Eric Holder (1951), Timothy Geithner (1961), Edward Brooke (1919), and Jen Psaki (1978). After him are Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Josiah Bartlett (1729), William Barr (1950), Katherine Tai (1974), Frank Church (1924), and Mike Gravel (1930).