MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Wilkinson

1757 - 1825

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James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier / officer, politician, and later discovered years to be Royal Spanish secret agent #13, who was associated with multiple scandals and controversies, including the Burr conspiracy. He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War but he was twice compelled to resign. He was twice the Senior Officer of the U.S. Army, appointed to be the first Governor in the newly acquired western lands of the new Louisiana Purchase of 1803, later organized by the United States Congress and the third President, Thomas Jefferson as the new Louisiana Territory in 1804–1812, west of the Mississippi River, and commanded two unsuccessful military invasion campaigns in the St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wilkinson has received more than 770,289 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Wilkinson is the 1,919th most popular military personnel, the 9,258th most popular biography from United States and the 159th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Wilkinson ranks 1,919 out of 2,058Before him are Guy Simonds, Lisa Franchetti, Mamadu Ture Kuruma, William Rosecrans, John C. Pemberton, and Joseph Dunford. After him are Hemedti, Suheil al-Hassan, Albert Agarunov, William Hood Simpson, Bipin Rawat, and John Schofield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, James Wilkinson ranks 43Before him are Wojciech Bogusławski, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Pál Kitaibel, James Sowerby, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, and John Adair. After him is Charles Pinckney. Among people deceased in 1825, James Wilkinson ranks 41Before him are Yakov Sannikov, Paul Louis Courier, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Edward Pigott, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, and Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and William Eustis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Wilkinson ranks 9,258 out of 20,380Before him are Daniel Kelly (1883), Charles Brown (1922), Fred M. Vinson (1890), Clyde Cessna (1879), Joseph Dunford (1955), and Alan Jackson (1958). After him are James Ewing (1866), Christopher A. Wray (1966), Alexis Denisof (1966), Steve Lawrence (1935), Edmund Breese (1871), and Rodger Ward (1921).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Wilkinson ranks 159Before him are Christy Mathewson (1880), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Lisa Franchetti (1964), William Rosecrans (1819), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Joseph Dunford (1955). After him are William Hood Simpson (1888), John Schofield (1831), Gail Halvorsen (1920), Thomas C. Hart (1877), John Sullivan (1740), and Elmo Zumwalt (1920).