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John Nelson

1791 - 1860

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John Nelson (June 1, 1791 – January 18, 1860) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under President John Tyler. He served as the first United States Chargé d'Affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1831 to 1832 and as the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Nelson has received more than 23,156 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Nelson is the 16,383rd most popular politician (down from 15,144th in 2019), the 9,706th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,252nd in 2019) and the 627th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Nelson ranks 16,383 out of 19,576Before him are Lionel Aingimea, Nellie McClung, Nikos Kotzias, Koto Matsudaira, Annette Schavan, and Janez Potočnik. After him are Segerseni, Lester Bird, Eladio Herrera, István Tarlós, Albert Reynolds, and Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, John Nelson ranks 45Before him are Jean Cruveilhier, József Katona, José Ignacio Pavón, Henryk Rzewuski, Juan Francisco Giró, and Kazimierz Brodziński. After him are Peter Cooper, George Peacock, and Allan Cunningham. Among people deceased in 1860, John Nelson ranks 64Before him are Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, James Wilson, Casimiro de Abreu, and Carl Edvard Rotwitt. After him are Thomas Brisbane, Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Nelson ranks 9,706 out of 20,380Before him are Cherie Currie (1959), George Caleb Bingham (1811), Dyanna Lauren (1965), Horatio Parker (1863), Roger Allers (1949), and Alfred Lunt (1892). After him are Nia Long (1970), Lester Bird (1938), Edward Stevens (1932), Gene Ammons (1925), Les Brown (1912), and Johnny Moss (1907).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Nelson ranks 627Before him are Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Jon Ossoff (1987), George Hearst (1820), Kathy Hochul (1958), Stanley Wagner (1908), and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927). After him are Lester Bird (1938), Pete Wilson (1933), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), George Washington Goethals (1858), and Edward James Roye (1815).