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Joshua Chamberlain

1828 - 1914

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general). He is best known for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading a bayonet charge, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Chamberlain was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862, and fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joshua Chamberlain is the 14,709th most popular politician, the 7,042nd most popular biography from United States and the 456th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 14,709 out of 19,576. Before him are Ron DeSantis, Ali Muhammad Mujawar, Mirian I of Iberia, Ashur-rabi I, Jacques Barrot, and Paul Keating. After him are José Manuel Pando, Alenka Bratušek, Gary Locke, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Carlos Roberto Reina, and Els Borst.

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Among people born in 1828, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 55. Before him are René Goblet, Albrecht von Graefe, Staka Skenderova, Boris Chicherin, Dragan Tsankov, and Désiré Charnay. After him are Júlia Szendrey, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, George Crook, Kanō Hōgai, Andrew Murray, and Ignacio de Veintemilla. Among people deceased in 1914, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 120. Before him are Eugène Balme, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Georg von Kopp, Harry Rosenbusch, Robert Hugh Benson, and Constantine V of Constantinople. After him are John Philip Holland, Daniel De Leon, Jakub Arbes, Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Carl Goßler, and Joan Röell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 7,042 out of 20,380. Before him are Sidney Howard (1891), Lois Weber (1879), William S. Hart (1864), Dick Savitt (1927), Ron DeSantis (1978), and Arthur Harnden (1924). After him are Ron Ely (1938), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Joe Ranft (1960), Big E (1986), Rush Limbaugh (1951), and Joanna Russ (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joshua Chamberlain ranks 456. Before him are Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), Tom Hayden (1939), Lee Friedlander (1934), Norman Mineta (1931), Whitney Smith (1940), and Ron DeSantis (1978). After him are Gary Locke (1950), Lewis Cass (1782), Gavin Newsom (1967), William M. Tweed (1823), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), and Larry O'Brien (1917).

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