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John Adair

1757 - 1840

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John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, slave trader, soldier, and politician. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. A native of South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, during which he was twice captured and held as a prisoner of war by the British. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Adair has received more than 141,717 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Adair is the 15,063rd most popular politician (down from 13,905th in 2019), the 8,977th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,273rd in 2019) and the 555th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Adair ranks 15,063 out of 15,577. Before him are Dumuzid the Fisherman, Alfred Francis Russell, John Gorton, John F. Kelly, Patrick Roy, and Timo Soini. After him are Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Ken Salazar, Robert M. La Follette, Peter Sutherland, Muhammad Sakizli, and Pedro Gual Escandón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, John Adair ranks 38. Before him are Wojciech Bogusławski, Pál Kitaibel, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, James Sowerby, and Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. After him is Charles Pinckney. Among people deceased in 1840, John Adair ranks 44. Before him are Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Karl Leberecht Immermann, James Prinsep, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, John Abbot, and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham. After him is Felix Grundy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Adair ranks 8,977 out of 18,182. Before him are Carly Fiorina (1954), John Torrey (1796), Dan Lauria (1947), Jerome Biffle (1928), Joseph Lamb (1887), and Orlando Jones (1968). After him are Marston Morse (1892), Greta Gerwig (1983), Russell Simpson (1880), Luther Adler (1903), Dennis Ralston (1942), and Ken Salazar (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Adair ranks 555. Before him are Melvin Laird (1922), Gavin Newsom (1967), Bob Avakian (1943), Richard Olney (1835), Alfred Francis Russell (1817), and John F. Kelly (1950). After him are Ken Salazar (1955), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Jim Ross (1952), Porter Goss (1938), Eric Adams (1960), and Gordon B. Hinckley (1910).

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