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James Wilson

1742 - 1798

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, and was a major participant in drafting the U.S. Constitution becoming one of only six people to sign both documents. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the first four Associate Justices appointed to the Supreme Court by George Washington. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wilson has received more than 523,429 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. James Wilson is the 14,926th most popular politician (down from 14,081st in 2019), the 3,819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,805th in 2019) and the 500th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Wilson ranks 14,926 out of 19,576. Before him are Oskari Tokoi, Michael Ogio, Edith of Wessex, Jean Van Houtte, Pierre Prüm, and José Joaquín Trejos Fernández. After him are Axel Nordlander, Giorgio La Pira, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Antonio Cubillo, Ralph Metcalfe, and Anahita Ratebzad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, James Wilson ranks 24. Before him are Pōmare I, Johan Herman Wessel, Anders Jahan Retzius, Joseph Brant, Félix de Azara, and David Bushnell. After him are Alexander Ablesimov, William Hooper, and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Among people deceased in 1798, James Wilson ranks 24. Before him are Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, George Read, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Laurynas Gucevičius, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler. After him are John Fitch, Wolfe Tone, and Thomas Pennant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 3,819 out of 8,785. Before him are Carol Cleveland (1942), Andrew Fisher (1862), Granville Bantock (1868), Edward Blore (1787), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), and Mal Evans (1935). After him are Anne V. Coates (1925), Freddie Jones (1927), Clifford Curzon (1907), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), and Charles Booth (1840).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 500. Before him are Alex Salmond (1954), Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), Jane Marcet (1769), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), and Andrew Fisher (1862). After him are Charles Booth (1840), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), and Lambert Simnel (1477).

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