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John W. Geary

1819 - 1873

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John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John W. Geary has received more than 204,351 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John W. Geary is the 17,879th most popular politician (down from 16,490th in 2019), the 13,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,834th in 2019) and the 947th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 46.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John W. Geary ranks 17,879 out of 19,576. Before him are Gabriela Guimarães, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Anastase Murekezi, Pervin Buldan, and Buddy MacKay. After him are Hassan Abshir Farah, Bujar Osmani, Maggie Hassan, Eda Erdem, Brian Kemp, and Nicola Zingaretti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, John W. Geary ranks 101. Before him are Alexander Melville Bell, George Salmon, William Rosecrans, Narcyza Żmichowska, Henry Tate, and Samuel Brannan.  Among people deceased in 1873, John W. Geary ranks 82. Before him are Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Sarah Moore Grimké, Tekle Giyorgis II, and William J. Hardee. After him is Hamilton Hume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John W. Geary ranks 13,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Lois Nettleton (1927), Buddy MacKay (1933), Steve Roach (1955), William G. Dever (1933), Elden Henson (1977), and Johnny Horton (1925). After him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Susie Essman (1955), Gary Winick (1961), Sean Kinney (1966), Gene Reynolds (1923), and Jessie Ralph (1864).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John W. Geary ranks 947. Before him are Harry F. Byrd (1887), Tom Perez (1961), James Clapper (1941), Paine Wingate (1739), Frank Murphy (1890), and Buddy MacKay (1933). After him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Brian Kemp (1963), Phil Murphy (1957), Al D'Amato (1937), Richard Grenell (1966), and Israel Pickens (1780).

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