1845 - 1937
Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law. Root is sometimes considered the prototype of the 20th-century political "wise man", advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elihu Root has received more than 688,327 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Elihu Root is the 8,577th most popular politician (up from 8,813th in 2019), the 3,030th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,278th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Elihu Root ranks 8,577 out of 15,577. Before him are Mihailo Vojislavljević, Skandagupta, Kleitias, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Jeanine Áñez, and Iset. After him are Viola of Teschen, Artystone, Bo Gu, Julius Constantius, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, and Butigeidis.
1100 - 1081
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,571
500 - 467
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,572
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,573
1478 - 1544
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,574
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,575
1350 BC - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8,576
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,577
1290 - 1317
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,578
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,579
1907 - 1946
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,580
289 - 337
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,581
1796 - 1850
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,582
1240 - 1290
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 8,583
Among people born in 1845, Elihu Root ranks 41. Before him are Émile Boutroux, Ödön Lechner, Walter Crane, William, Prince of Wied, Eugène Grasset, and Jan Czerski. After him are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Friedrich Martens, Émile Baudot, Àngel Guimerà, Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Henri Brocard. Among people deceased in 1937, Elihu Root ranks 64. Before him are Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Gabriel Pierné, Hugo Meisl, Evgeny Pashukanis, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, and William Sealy Gosset. After him are Paul Émile Chabas, Takeo Wakabayashi, Max von Gallwitz, Mélanie Bonis, Ieronim Uborevich, and Ikki Kita.
1845 - 1921
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 35
1845 - 1914
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 36
1845 - 1915
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 37
1845 - 1907
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 38
1845 - 1917
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 39
1845 - 1892
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 40
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 41
1845 - 1914
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 42
1845 - 1909
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 43
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 44
1845 - 1924
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 45
1845 - 1907
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 46
1845 - 1922
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 47
1886 - 1937
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 58
1863 - 1937
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 59
1881 - 1937
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 60
1891 - 1937
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 61
1871 - 1937
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 62
1876 - 1937
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 63
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 64
1869 - 1937
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 65
1907 - 1937
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 66
1852 - 1937
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 67
1858 - 1937
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 68
1896 - 1937
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 69
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 70
Among people born in United States, Elihu Root ranks 3,030 out of 18,182. Before him are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Patti Page (1927), Blake Lively (1987), Rex Tillerson (1952), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), and Raymond Moody (1944). After him are Eugene Stoner (1922), Rhea Perlman (1948), Roger Myerson (1951), Orson Scott Card (1951), Thomas Cech (1947), and David Petraeus (1952).
1819 - 1885
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,024
1927 - 2013
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,025
1987 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,026
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,027
1821 - 1910
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,028
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,029
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,030
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,031
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,032
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,033
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,034
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 3,035
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 3,036
Among politicians born in United States, Elihu Root ranks 188. Before him are Winfield Scott (1786), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Edith Roosevelt (1861), James F. Byrnes (1882), Patrick Henry (1736), and Thomas A. Hendricks (1819). After him are Dean Rusk (1909), Jim Garrison (1921), James S. Sherman (1855), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Dwight F. Davis (1879), and Charles Curtis (1860).
1786 - 1866
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 182
1858 - 1929
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 183
1861 - 1948
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 184
1882 - 1972
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 185
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 186
1819 - 1885
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 187
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 188
1909 - 1994
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 189
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 190
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 191
1918 - 2008
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 192
1879 - 1945
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 193
1860 - 1936
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 194