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John Sherman

1823 - 1900

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John Sherman (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sherman has received more than 723,418 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Sherman is the 2,774th most popular politician (up from 2,910th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from United States (up from 954th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Politician.

John Sherman was a Republican senator from Ohio and the brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman. He was the author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which outlawed monopolies and trusts and created the Federal Trade Commission.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Sherman ranks 2,774 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Sigebert I, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. After him are Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Moctezuma I, Vsevolod I of Kiev, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, John Sherman ranks 13. Before him are Sándor Petőfi, Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Jean-Henri Fabre, and Li Hongzhang. After him are Mihailo Obrenović, Charles I of Württemberg, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Charles III, Duke of Parma. Among people deceased in 1900, John Sherman ranks 15. Before him are John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Naim Frashëri, and Wilhelm Liebknecht. After him are Emil Škoda, Nicolas Chauvin, Osman Nuri Pasha, Frederic Edwin Church, Mary Kingsley, and Isaac Levitan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sherman ranks 868 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan B. Anthony (1820), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Thomas Harris (1940), Neal Cassady (1926), Theodore Schultz (1902), and Glenn T. Seaborg (1912). After him are Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Vivian Maier (1926), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Jason Robards (1922), and Wyatt Earp (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Sherman ranks 78. Before him are Kamehameha I (1758), Greg Abbott (1957), James E. Webb (1906), Ted Kennedy (1932), Michael Bloomberg (1942), and Rudy Giuliani (1944). After him are Michelle Obama (1964), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Lewis Strauss (1896), Jill Biden (1951), Barbara Bush (1925), and Condoleezza Rice (1954).

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