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POLITICIAN

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 979,425 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gouverneur Morris is the 15,121st most popular politician (down from 13,691st in 2019), the 9,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,743rd in 2019) and the 564th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gouverneur Morris ranks 15,121 out of 15,577Before him are Robert Elswit, Supachai Panitchpakdi, Joseph Boakai, Marietta Giannakou, Liviu Dragnea, and Earle Page. After him are Valery Bolotov, William R. Day, Sumitra Mahajan, Valeria Ciavatta, Syarhey Rumas, and Ruth First.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Gouverneur Morris ranks 34Before him are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Frances Burney, Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Barnaba Oriani, and Palisot de Beauvois. After him are George Rogers Clark and Philip Freneau. Among people deceased in 1816, Gouverneur Morris ranks 28Before him are Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Dorothea Jordan, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Hipólito Ruiz López, and Samuel Dexter. After him is James McHenry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gouverneur Morris ranks 9,102 out of 18,182Before him are Luke Askew (1932), Scott Hall (1958), Tom Seaver (1944), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), William Hopper (1915), and Gene Saks (1921). After him are Aida Turturro (1962), Billy Beane (1962), Robert Creeley (1926), Kurt Wimmer (1964), William R. Day (1849), and Eric Close (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gouverneur Morris ranks 564Before him are Jim Ross (1952), Porter Goss (1938), Eric Adams (1960), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Michael D. Griffin (1949), and Robert Elswit (1950). After him are William R. Day (1849), George Hearst (1820), John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), Ann Richards (1933), and Gary Johnson (1953).