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Fred M. Vinson

1890 - 1953

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Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to have served in all three branches of the U.S. government. Before becoming chief justice, Vinson served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1924 to 1928 and 1930 to 1938, as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1938 to 1943, and as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1945 to 1946. Born in Louisa, Kentucky, Vinson pursued a legal career and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. After the war, he served as the Commonwealth's Attorney for the Thirty-Second Judicial District of Kentucky before winning election to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred M. Vinson has received more than 744,067 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred M. Vinson is the 16,145th most popular politician (down from 15,365th in 2019), the 9,254th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,774th in 2019) and the 597th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fred M. Vinson ranks 16,145 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Louis Borloo, Joseph Lyons, Osred I of Northumbria, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, and Amit Shah. After him are James Goldsmith, Peter Sutherland, Péter Balázs, Robert Morris, Lugal-Anne-Mundu, and Leonel Mário d'Alva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Fred M. Vinson ranks 230. Before him are Angelo Zorzi, Bess Meredyth, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Néstor Guillén, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Harald Julin. After him are Gustaf Weidel, Grigory Landsberg, Arvid Spångberg, Alfred Neveu, Alma Richards, and Hubert Stevens. Among people deceased in 1953, Fred M. Vinson ranks 177. Before him are Maud Gonne, Florence Price, Maurice Vignerot, Herbert E. Ives, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Annie Kenney. After him are Paul Niggli, Luis Alberto Riart, Henri Padé, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Thomas Thorstensen, and James Scullin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred M. Vinson ranks 9,254 out of 20,380. Before him are James Scott (1885), Dave Schultz (1959), Cole Hauser (1975), Chelsea Field (1957), Daniel Kelly (1883), and Charles Brown (1922). After him are Clyde Cessna (1879), Joseph Dunford (1955), Alan Jackson (1958), James Wilkinson (1757), James Ewing (1866), and Christopher A. Wray (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fred M. Vinson ranks 597. Before him are Deb Haaland (1960), Jim Risch (1943), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), Hiram Johnson (1866), James M. Cox (1870), and Hugo Black (1886). After him are Terry Branstad (1946), Porter Goss (1938), William H. Webster (1924), Jim Ross (1952), Gary Hart (1936), and James Skivring Smith (1825).

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