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John Blair Jr.

1732 - 1800

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John Blair Jr. (April 17, 1732 – August 31, 1800) was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington. A Virginia lawyer since 1757, Blair represented the College of William and Mary in the House of Burgesses (while his father served on the Governor's Council) and served in various colonial offices after giving up his local law practice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Blair Jr. has received more than 144,156 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Blair Jr. is the 17,266th most popular politician (down from 16,435th in 2019), the 11,788th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,684th in 2019) and the 788th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Blair Jr. ranks 17,266 out of 19,576Before him are Ed Markey, Jim Webb, Jerry Mateparae, Jürgen Rüttgers, William Wyatt Bibb, and Themba Dlamini. After him are Natalia Shaposhnikova, Françoise Nyssen, Jean Ravelonarivo, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Alberto Otárola, and Maia Panjikidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, John Blair Jr. ranks 31Before him are Johan Peter Falk, Frederick North, Lord North, José Celestino Mutis, Shuja-ud-Daula, Richard Henry Lee, and David Rittenhouse.  Among people deceased in 1800, John Blair Jr. ranks 39Before him are Elizabeth Montagu, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Hugh Blair, Edward Rutledge, and Thomas Mifflin. After him is William Blount.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Blair Jr. ranks 11,788 out of 20,380Before him are Jim Webb (1946), Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957), Robert Kirkman (1978), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), Mark Salling (1982), and RJ Mitte (1992). After him are Ken Wahl (1954), Sheila Kelley (1961), Richard Biggs (1960), Peter Ueberroth (1937), Joe Paterno (1926), and Karl Gordon Henize (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Blair Jr. ranks 788Before him are Gene Okerlund (1942), Charles Foster (1828), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), Ed Markey (1946), Jim Webb (1946), and William Wyatt Bibb (1781). After him are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), Tip O'Neill (1912), Ron Klain (1961), Matilda Howell (1859), William Gibbs McAdoo (1863), and Paul Nitze (1907).