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Henry L. Stimson

1867 - 1950

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Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Secretary of War (1911–1913) under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State (1929–1933) under President Herbert Hoover, and again Secretary of War (1940–1945) under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseeing American military efforts during World War II. The son of the surgeon Lewis Atterbury Stimson and Candace C. Stimson (née Wheeler, daughter of Candace Thurber Wheeler) Stimson became a Wall Street lawyer after graduating from Harvard Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry L. Stimson has received more than 935,121 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Henry L. Stimson is the 6,552nd most popular politician (down from 5,811th in 2019), the 2,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,020th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry L. Stimson ranks 6,552 out of 15,577. Before him are Chen Cheng, Ishme-Dagan I, Emperor Kazan, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Roger III of Sicily, and Hastings Banda. After him are Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Kubaba, Ratchis, Marquess of Beixiang, and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Henry L. Stimson ranks 50. Before him are Antti Aarne, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Charles Koechlin, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Jeanne Lanvin, and Masaoka Shiki. After him are Mikhail Eisenstein, Marcel Schwob, Elvira Madigan, Sundance Kid, Hiranuma Kiichirō, and Sister Nivedita. Among people deceased in 1950, Henry L. Stimson ranks 58. Before him are Fevzi Çakmak, Agnes Smedley, Karl Guthe Jansky, Rafael Sabatini, Adam Rainer, and William Lyon Mackenzie King. After him are Nikolai Voznesensky, Walter Huston, Henry H. Arnold, Yvan Goll, Kim Kyu-sik, and Olaf Stapledon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry L. Stimson ranks 2,240 out of 18,182. Before him are Eva Longoria (1975), James Newton Howard (1951), Russ Meyer (1922), Anastacia (1968), Vera Farmiga (1973), and Mary Steenburgen (1953). After him are Myrna Loy (1905), Chris Brown (1989), Jenna Jameson (1974), Terry O'Quinn (1952), Meir Kahane (1932), and John Harvey Kellogg (1852).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry L. Stimson ranks 138. Before him are Ron Paul (1935), Paul P. Harris (1868), Prescott Bush (1895), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Oliver Winchester (1810), and Robert Todd Lincoln (1843). After him are Meir Kahane (1932), George Wallace (1919), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Paul Bremer (1941), Clyde Tolson (1900), and Kamehameha II (1797).

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