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Hugo Black

1886 - 1971

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Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections. Before he became a senator, Black espoused anti-Catholic views and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Black has received more than 1,654,133 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Hugo Black is the 16,128th most popular politician (down from 14,748th in 2019), the 9,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,438th in 2019) and the 596th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugo Black ranks 16,128 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfredo Copello, Erra-imitti, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, Chokri Belaid, and David Lange. After him are David Choquehuanca, Cevdet Yılmaz, Naim Talu, Justiniano Borgoño, Ben Chifley, and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hugo Black ranks 276. Before him are Carl Hårleman, Östen Undén, Charles Williams, Virginia Pearson, Divna Veković, and Sophie Tucker. After him are Arthur Shaw, Herbert Lindström, Edu Snethlage, Richard Mulcahy, Árpád Tóth, and Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Among people deceased in 1971, Hugo Black ranks 212. Before him are Kim Iryeop, Kono Yasui, Jadwiga Smosarska, King Curtis, Ángel Médici, and Luigi Piotti. After him are Elemér Szathmáry, Usmar Ismail, Ed Gordon, Joseph Pletincx, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Charles Pahud de Mortanges.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugo Black ranks 9,217 out of 20,380. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Mary Kay Place (1947), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Little Willie John (1937), Jonathan Togo (1977), and Rachel Nichols (1980). After him are Richard Grieco (1965), Joyce DiDonato (1969), Anjanette Comer (1939), Steve Prefontaine (1951), Keith Andes (1920), and Tony Hillerman (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hugo Black ranks 596. Before him are Francis Hopkinson (1737), Deb Haaland (1960), Jim Risch (1943), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), Hiram Johnson (1866), and James M. Cox (1870). After him are Fred M. Vinson (1890), Terry Branstad (1946), Porter Goss (1938), William H. Webster (1924), Jim Ross (1952), and Gary Hart (1936).

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