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Joseph B. Foraker

1846 - 1917

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Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was born in rural Ohio; he enlisted at the age of 16 in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He fought for almost three years, attaining the rank of captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph B. Foraker has received more than 204,589 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Joseph B. Foraker is the 16,656th most popular politician (down from 14,847th in 2019), the 13,163rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,929th in 2019) and the 925th most popular American Politician.

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  • 21

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  • 1.57

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  • 3.91

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 16,656 out of 15,577Before him are Mirjam Ott, Howie Hawkins, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Alton B. Parker, Paul Sarbanes, and Marty Natalegawa. After him are Bernard Makuza, Mimma Zavoli, Thad Cochran, Màxim Huerta, Alice Sara Ott, and Michael Gove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 105Before him are Marco Aurelio Soto, Edward S. Holden, Rose Cleveland, Randolph Caldecott, Max Fürbringer, and Benigno Ferreira.  Among people deceased in 1917, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 111Before him are Frank Odberg, Mackenzie Bowell, Florence La Badie, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. After him is Sandy Turnbull.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 13,163 out of 18,182Before him are Big Daddy Kane (1968), Joe DeLoach (1967), Paul Sarbanes (1933), Willow Smith (2000), Kevin Weisman (1970), and Fred Tatasciore (1967). After him are Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rory Culkin (1989), Emilie Autumn (1979), F. Drew Gaffney (1946), Matt Serra (1974), and Jamie Brewer (1985).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joseph B. Foraker ranks 925Before him are Mike Crapo (1951), Gabriel Moore (1785), Rob Portman (1955), Howie Hawkins (1952), Alton B. Parker (1852), and Paul Sarbanes (1933). After him are Thad Cochran (1937), John Chafee (1922), Kelly Craft (1962), Carol Moseley Braun (1947), Samuel Bodman (1938), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937).