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Gideon Welles

1802 - 1878

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Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 – February 11, 1878), nicknamed "Father Neptune", was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. Although opposed to the Union blockade of Southern ports, he duly carried out his part of the Anaconda Plan, largely sealing off the Confederate coastline and preventing the exchange of cotton for war supplies. This is viewed as a major cause of Union victory in the Civil War, and his achievement in expanding the Navy almost tenfold was widely praised. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gideon Welles has received more than 333,629 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gideon Welles is the 16,587th most popular politician (down from 14,736th in 2019), the 12,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,565th in 2019) and the 902nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gideon Welles ranks 16,587 out of 15,577. Before him are Emilia Eberle, George Walton, Ángel Acebes, Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, John H. Sununu, and Trinidad Jiménez. After him are Akhilesh Yadav, Katalin Novák, Beatrice Ask, Leo Amery, Frank Murphy, and Fu Mingxia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Gideon Welles ranks 57. Before him are Richard Thomas Lowe, Andrei Stackenschneider, Manuel María Lombardini, Miguel de San Román, Dorothea Dix, and Lydia Maria Child. After him is Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Among people deceased in 1878, Gideon Welles ranks 61. Before him are George Back, Aleardo Aleardi, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, George Gilbert Scott, Charles Magill Conrad, and Bayard Taylor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gideon Welles ranks 12,950 out of 18,182. Before him are Audrey Niffenegger (1963), George Walton (1741), Chris Hansen (1959), Mark Webber (1980), Gene Raymond (1908), and David Silverman (1957). After him are Bob Armstrong (1939), Lauren Faust (1974), Betty Wright (1953), Dane Clark (1912), Derek Fisher (1974), and Mercy Otis Warren (1728).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gideon Welles ranks 902. Before him are Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959), Gabby Giffords (1970), Tommy Thompson (1941), Olympia Snowe (1947), Rose McConnell Long (1892), and George Walton (1741). After him are Frank Murphy (1890), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), Tom Harkin (1939), Ron DeSantis (1978), and Bob Bennett (1933).

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