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John Canfield Spencer

1788 - 1855

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John Canfield Spencer (January 8, 1788 – May 17, 1855) was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. After graduating from Union College in 1806, Spencer practiced law and held various positions, including master of chancery, postmaster, and attorney general. Spencer served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819 and the New York State Assembly and Senate in various years between 1820 and 1833. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Canfield Spencer has received more than 64,362 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Canfield Spencer is the 15,997th most popular politician (up from 16,044th in 2019), the 8,963rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,521st in 2019) and the 575th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Canfield Spencer ranks 15,997 out of 19,576Before him are Pearlette Louisy, Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, Attilio Fontana, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, John Morton, and Shigeru Ishiba. After him are Osric of Northumbria, John Sparrow David Thompson, Pedro Pierluisi, Subramanian Swamy, Ramón Piñeiro López, and Daniel Goldin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, John Canfield Spencer ranks 58Before him are Károly Kisfaludy, Edwin Atherstone, Hugh Clapperton, Charles Robert Cockerell, William Henry Smyth, and Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker. After him are Prideaux John Selby, and Sarah Josepha Hale. Among people deceased in 1855, John Canfield Spencer ranks 47Before him are Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Mihály Pollack, Fruto Chamorro, Timofey Granovsky, William John Swainson, and Wilhem de Haan. After him are Henry De la Beche, Sahle Dengel, Feargus O'Connor, Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Russell Mitford, and Thomas Mitchell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Canfield Spencer ranks 8,963 out of 20,380Before him are Bronson Pinchot (1959), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Frank Pierson (1925), John Morton (1725), Valerie Harper (1939), and Alberta Hunter (1895). After him are Martin Klebba (1969), Iris Chang (1968), Frank Buckles (1901), Marc Cherry (1962), Charles Lloyd (1938), and Gary Holt (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Canfield Spencer ranks 575Before him are Henry Dearborn (1751), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), William L. Marcy (1786), Chris Christie (1962), George Deukmejian (1928), and John Morton (1725). After him are Daniel Goldin (1940), Richard Neal (1949), Daniel Akaka (1924), Philip Schuyler (1733), Anthony W. Gardiner (1820), and Marcia Fudge (1952).