POLITICIAN

George Mason

1725 - 1792

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George Mason (December 11, 1725 [O.S. November 30, 1725] – October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, where he was one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification, have exercised a significant influence on American political thought and events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Mason has received more than 1,713,566 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). George Mason is the 8,926th most popular politician (up from 12,776th in 2019), the 3,029th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,714th in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Politician.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

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  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Mason ranks 8,926 out of 19,576. Before him are Bunefer, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Abiy Ahmed, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, and Joseph Caillaux. After him are Sadyattes, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Bubo, Duke of the Frisians, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha, and Abdulla Aripov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, George Mason ranks 16. Before him are Ahilyabai Holkar, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, John Newton, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller. After him are Franz Moritz von Lacy, Arthur Guinness, Guillaume Le Gentil, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, and Johann Peter Beaulieu. Among people deceased in 1792, George Mason ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Martin Kraus, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Legall de Kermeur, Denis Fonvizin, and Antoine Louis. After him are Johann Andreas Stein, Maximilian Hell, Antonio Rosetti, Guillaume Le Gentil, Yazid of Morocco, and John Smeaton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Mason ranks 3,029 out of 20,380. Before him are John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Kate Millett (1934), Robert W. Wood (1868), and Frank Wolff (1928). After him are Bobby Kimball (1947), Gutzon Borglum (1867), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Kate Chopin (1850), Dan Inosanto (1936), and Calista Flockhart (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Mason ranks 191. Before him are Hannibal Hamlin (1809), Elihu Root (1845), Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809), Henry Wilson (1812), Jesse Ventura (1951), and Oliver Winchester (1810). After him are Levi P. Morton (1824), Mangas Coloradas (1792), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), James S. Sherman (1855), and George Koval (1913).

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