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Hannibal Hamlin

1809 - 1891

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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president. An attorney by background, Hamlin began his political career as a Democrat in the Maine House of Representatives before being elected twice to the United States House of Representatives, and then to the United States Senate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hannibal Hamlin has received more than 2,013,544 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Hannibal Hamlin is the 8,211th most popular politician (up from 8,704th in 2019), the 2,875th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,220th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Politician.

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  • 54.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 8,211 out of 15,577. Before him are Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Mulatu Teshome, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Adem Demaçi, and Neoptolemus I of Epirus. After him are John Vorster, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Anker Jørgensen, Demetrius of Pharos, Publius Claudius Pulcher, and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 29. Before him are Bettino Ricasoli, Fredrik Pacius, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, François Certain de Canrobert, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. After him are Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Robert Cornelius, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and Jules Favre. Among people deceased in 1891, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 46. Before him are Fredrik Pacius, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Joseph E. Johnston, Giovanni Morelli, Leon Pinsker, and Prince Baudouin of Belgium. After him are Paul de Lagarde, John A. Macdonald, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, José Manuel Balmaceda, and Carl Nägeli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 2,875 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Basehart (1914), Mark Granovetter (1943), Melvyn Douglas (1901), Noah Webster (1758), Ace Frehley (1951), and Walter De Maria (1935). After him are Ed Sullivan (1901), John Havlicek (1940), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Stanley Schachter (1922), Jesse Douglas (1897), and KRS-One (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 180. Before him are Susan Wojcicki (1968), Dan Quayle (1947), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Mitch McConnell (1942), Jeb Bush (1953), and Kamehameha III (1814). After him are Babushka Lady (1930), Winfield Scott (1786), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Edith Roosevelt (1861), James F. Byrnes (1882), and Patrick Henry (1736).

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