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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Leonidas Polk

1806 - 1864

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Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. He was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in the Confederate States Army, when he was called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas Polk has received more than 583,235 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas Polk is the 1,613th most popular military personnel (down from 1,417th in 2019), the 9,773rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,684th in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 41.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leonidas Polk ranks 1,613 out of 1,468. Before him are Augustin Bizimungu, Constand Viljoen, George Henry Thomas, Juan de Salcedo, Alif Hajiyev, and Salman Raduyev. After him are John Buford, Andy McNab, Richard H. Anderson, Earl Van Dorn, Frederick E. Morgan, and Sterling Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Leonidas Polk ranks 54. Before him are Gennaios Kolokotronis, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Martín Carrera, Blanka Teleki, Aristeidis Moraitinis, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. After him are John B. Floyd, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and William P. Fessenden. Among people deceased in 1864, Leonidas Polk ranks 67. Before him are Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, Juris Alunāns, John Clare, John Sedgwick, and Adelaide Anne Procter. After him are William Smith O'Brien and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 9,773 out of 18,182. Before him are Eubie Blake (2), Martin Davis (1928), Lisa Zane (1961), Florence La Badie (1888), Elliot Richardson (1920), and Alma Bennett (1904). After him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), James Rector (1884), Booth Tarkington (1869), Sid Grauman (1879), Marion Leonard (1881), and Sofia Carson (1993).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 154. Before him are John Schofield (1831), James L. Jones (1943), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), William J. Hardee (1815), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), and George Henry Thomas (1816). After him are John Buford (1826), Richard H. Anderson (1821), Earl Van Dorn (1820), Sterling Price (1809), George Rogers Clark (1752), and Nathaniel Lyon (1818).

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