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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 2,161,858 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Hannibal Hamlin is the 8,840th most popular politician (down from 8,187th in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,868th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 8,840 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Đồng Khánh, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Al-Mansur Billah, Floris II, Count of Holland, and Fyodor Rostopchin. After him are Elihu Root, Gjergj Fishta, Marfa Sobakina, Raif Dizdarević, Michael Szilágyi, and Prince August, Duke of Dalarna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 31. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Mariano José de Larra, François Certain de Canrobert, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, and Edward FitzGerald. After him are Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Jules Favre, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Heinrich Hoffmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and Karl Koch. Among people deceased in 1891, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 54. Before him are Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Ludvig Lorenz, Paul de Lagarde, Friedrich von Schmidt, and José Manuel Balmaceda. After him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Konstantin Leontiev, Adolphe Alphand, John A. Macdonald, and Ion C. Brătianu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 2,995 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Astor (1906), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Gordon Cooper (1927), Donald O'Connor (1925), and Marcia Gay Harden (1959). After him are Elihu Root (1845), Ben Wallace (1974), Bruce Beutler (1957), Claude Akins (1926), Charles Berlitz (1913), and Tico Torres (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hannibal Hamlin ranks 185. Before him are William P. Rogers (1913), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Michael Dukakis (1933), Winfield Scott (1786), Elbridge Gerry (1744), and Ronald Inglehart (1934). After him are Elihu Root (1845), Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809), Henry Wilson (1812), Jesse Ventura (1951), Oliver Winchester (1810), and George Mason (1725).

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