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Edward Livingston

1764 - 1836

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Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764 – May 23, 1836) was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. Livingston represented both New York and then Louisiana in Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1831 to 1833 and Minister to France from 1833 to 1835 under President Andrew Jackson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Livingston has received more than 207,987 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edward Livingston is the 14,068th most popular politician (down from 12,648th in 2019), the 6,293rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,595th in 2019) and the 405th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Livingston ranks 14,068 out of 19,576. Before him are Asander, Peter Georg Bang, Piedad Córdoba, Martial Célestin, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and William Bradford. After him are Moshe Kahlon, Remy Bonjasky, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Alexander Maltsev, Zababa-shuma-iddin, and Euphrosyne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Edward Livingston ranks 28. Before him are Valentino Fioravanti, Andrés Manuel del Río, Sidney Smith, János Bihari, Josef Abel, and Henriette Herz. After him are John Mawe, William Pinkney, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Among people deceased in 1836, Edward Livingston ranks 46. Before him are Edward Turner Bennett, Miguel Barragán, William Elford Leach, Stephen F. Austin, Adolf Stieler, and Marc-Antoine Parseval. After him are Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Charles Wilkins, Emily Donelson, Dániel Berzsenyi, John Pond, and Tenskwatawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Livingston ranks 6,293 out of 20,380. Before him are David Doyle (1929), Leif Erickson (1911), Bert Roach (1891), Scott Eastwood (1986), Nolan Ryan (1947), and Eudora Welty (1909). After him are David Wayne (1914), William Stokoe (1919), Herbie Mann (1930), Nathan East (1955), John Wesley Shipp (1955), and Gerard K. O'Neill (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward Livingston ranks 405. Before him are Gray Davis (1942), Alf Landon (1887), Henry Lee III (1756), Caroline Harrison (1832), John W. Foster (1836), and Alfred Francis Russell (1817). After him are Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Marvin Hart (1876), Stephen Hopkins (1707), and Edwin Stanton (1814).

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