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James McHenry

1753 - 1816

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James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was a Scotch-Irish American military surgeon, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, initiated the recommendation for Congress to form the Navy, and was the eponym of Fort McHenry. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James McHenry has received more than 262,748 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James McHenry is the 16,692nd most popular politician (down from 15,694th in 2019), the 5,084th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,024th in 2019) and the 585th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James McHenry ranks 16,692 out of 19,576. Before her are Nicolas Alfonsi, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Donald Kalpokas, Nadiya Savchenko, and Lynden Pindling. After her are Oswulf of Northumbria, Lilia Podkopayeva, Bill Pickering, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Michael Glos, and Chris Dodd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, James McHenry ranks 44. Before her are Bartolina Sisa, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, Dugald Stewart, and William Beechey. After her are William Eustis, William Roscoe, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Among people deceased in 1816, James McHenry ranks 34. Before her are Christian Konrad Sprengel, Edward Charles Howard, Samuel Dexter, Hipólito Ruiz López, Domenico Vandelli, and Gouverneur Morris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James McHenry ranks 5,084 out of 8,785. Before her are W. T. Tutte (1917), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Reginald Hill (1936), Mark Hateley (1961), John Edwards (1953), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792). After her are Ran Laurie (1915), Viv Anderson (1956), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Steve Toussaint (1965), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), and Audrey Williamson (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James McHenry ranks 585. Before her are James Cleverly (1969), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), Albert Oldman (1883), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792). After her are Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Erskine Childers (1870), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), Titus Oates (1649), William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), and Nellie Sengupta (1886).

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