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John Brown Gordon

1832 - 1904

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John Brown Gordon ((1832-02-06)February 6, 1832 – (1904-01-09)January 9, 1904) was an American politician, Confederate States Army general, attorney, slaveowner and planter. "One of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals" by the end of the Civil War according to historian Ed Bearss,: 241  he strongly opposed Reconstruction era. A member of the Democratic Party, he was twice elected by the Georgia state legislature as a US Senator (as was the practice at the time), serving from 1873 to 1880, and again from 1891 to 1897. He served two terms as the 53rd Governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Brown Gordon is the 16,997th most popular politician, the 11,148th most popular biography from United States and the 737th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Brown Gordon ranks 16,997 out of 19,576. Before him are Cristóbal Montoro, Riyad Farid Hijab, Harry Pollitt, Ron Brown, Tūheitia Paki, and Tamás Faragó. After him are Avdullah Hoti, Carlos P. Romulo, Rashidi Kawawa, Patrick Manning, Mark Drakeford, and Arthur Barclay.

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Among people born in 1832, John Brown Gordon ranks 102. Before him are Juris Alunāns, Henry Seebohm, Lizardo Montero Flores, José Ruperto Monagas, Walter Q. Gresham, and Rebecca Solomon. After him are Samuel Colman, Louise Rayner, and Herbert Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1904, John Brown Gordon ranks 89. Before him are Otto von Böhtlingk, Isaac Roberts, Eduard von Martens, Andrei Ryabushkin, Richard Knill Freeman, and George Salmon. After him are Frances Power Cobbe, Mark Hanna, Charles Foster, and John Bell Hatcher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Brown Gordon ranks 11,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat O'Connor (1928), Alexei Panshin (1940), Forrest Towns (1914), John O'Connor (1920), Katherine Rawls (1917), and Arlene Francis (1907). After him are Tom Aldredge (1928), Wade Dominguez (1966), Louis Wilkins (1882), James Daly (1918), Danny Hodge (1932), and Joanna Kerns (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Brown Gordon ranks 737. Before him are Ken Salazar (1955), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Elliott Abrams (1948), Stephen Hadley (1947), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), and Ron Brown (1941). After him are Barbara Jordan (1936), Isidore Mankofsky (1931), John Adams Dix (1798), Don Young (1933), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), and Steny Hoyer (1939).

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