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Gouverneur Morris

1752 - 1816

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Gouverneur Morris ( guh-vər-NEER MOR-ris; January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution". While most Americans still thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gouverneur Morris has received more than 1,051,032 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gouverneur Morris is the 16,082nd most popular politician (down from 15,068th in 2019), the 9,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,083rd in 2019) and the 587th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gouverneur Morris ranks 16,082 out of 19,576. Before him are Aristides Gomes, Lindsay Hoyle, Besarion Gugushvili, Helen Zille, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and Philander C. Knox. After him are Abraham Baldwin, Adela Pankhurst, Francisco Linares Alcántara, Tillman Thomas, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and Néstor Guillén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Gouverneur Morris ranks 35. Before him are François Isaac de Rivaz, Albrecht Thaer, Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Barnaba Oriani, and Palisot de Beauvois. After him are George Rogers Clark, John Graves Simcoe, and Philip Freneau. Among people deceased in 1816, Gouverneur Morris ranks 33. Before him are Dorothea Viehmann, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Edward Charles Howard, Samuel Dexter, Hipólito Ruiz López, and Domenico Vandelli. After him is James McHenry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gouverneur Morris ranks 9,134 out of 20,380. Before him are M. Scott Peck (1936), Lukas Haas (1976), Philander C. Knox (1853), Bill Laimbeer (1957), Lauren Vélez (1964), and Tommy Lee Wallace (1949). After him are Garth Brooks (1962), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Jimmy Garrison (1934), Edward Moore (1897), Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), and Cara Buono (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gouverneur Morris ranks 587. Before him are Marcia Fudge (1952), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), Paul Manafort (1949), William Z. Foster (1881), Mark Esper (1964), and Philander C. Knox (1853). After him are Abraham Baldwin (1754), Jeanne Shaheen (1947), Francis Hopkinson (1737), Deb Haaland (1960), Jim Risch (1943), and Mary Arthur McElroy (1841).

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