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John W. Foster

1836 - 1917

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John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an American diplomat and military officer, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His highest public office was U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John W. Foster has received more than 150,736 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John W. Foster is the 13,835th most popular politician (down from 12,471st in 2019), the 6,914th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,401st in 2019) and the 423rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John W. Foster ranks 13,835 out of 15,577Before him are Konstantin Stoilov, Ali Farzat, Gina Raimondo, Basil Boioannes, Antti Tulenheimo, and Pixodarus. After him are Uberto De Morpurgo, Fausto Bertinotti, Jens Christian Christensen, Vlad Filat, Sæberht of Essex, and Gustav Schuft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, John W. Foster ranks 65Before him are Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Adolf Schwarz, Isabella Beeton, Jay Gould, W. S. Gilbert, and Casimir de Candolle. After him are Greene Vardiman Black, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Tekle Giyorgis II, Joseph Smit, and Justiniano Borgoño. Among people deceased in 1917, John W. Foster ranks 91Before him are Yevgeni Bauer, Sergei Zubatov, Stéphane Javelle, Tom Thomson, Viktor Madarász, and Carlo Oriani. After him are Émil Goeldi, James Dwight, José Manuel Pando, Stanley Maude, Chrétien Waydelich, and James Crafts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John W. Foster ranks 6,914 out of 18,182Before him are James L. Elliot (1943), Bruce Kirby (1925), Jim Root (1971), Gina Raimondo (1971), Riley Reid (1991), and Khloé Kardashian (1984). After him are Leila Denmark (1898), John Lurie (1952), Eileen Collins (1956), Blind Blake (1893), Martha Mansfield (1899), and Mimi Leder (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John W. Foster ranks 423Before him are Johnny Isakson (1944), David Rice Atchison (1807), Edwin Stanton (1814), Enoch L. Johnson (1883), Metacomet (1639), and Gina Raimondo (1971). After him are Wilbur Ross (1937), Chuck Grassley (1933), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), Little Crow (1810), and Richard H. Truly (1937).