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Lewis Cass

1782 - 1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Cass has received more than 686,122 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lewis Cass is the 14,724th most popular politician (down from 14,685th in 2019), the 7,062nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,348th in 2019) and the 459th most popular American Politician.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lewis Cass ranks 14,724 out of 19,576Before him are Carlos Roberto Reina, Els Borst, Tony Benn, Alfonso Portillo, He Guoqiang, and Lupus of Friuli. After him are Victor Duruy, Chen Chu, Theodotus I of Constantinople, Jürgen Möllemann, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, and Ahmed al-Senussi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Lewis Cass ranks 44Before him are Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Maha Bandula, Angelo Mai, Steen Steensen Blicher, Georgios Kountouriotis, and Nicolaus Michael Oppel. After him are Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Marie-Anne Libert, Charles James Napier, John Sell Cotman, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1866, Lewis Cass ranks 42Before him are Christian Albrecht Bluhme, William Hopkins, John McDouall Stuart, Louis Meijer, Jean-Jacques Willmar, and Louis Fraser. After him are John Ross, Theodor Kotschy, José Ignacio Pavón, Thomas Love Peacock, Henryk Rzewuski, and Joseph Weydemeyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Cass ranks 7,062 out of 20,380Before him are Paul Theroux (1941), Jim Hutton (1934), Gregory Walcott (1928), Leo Burnett (1891), Barbara Rush (1927), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897). After him are Pat Robertson (1930), Ash Carter (1954), Ally Walker (1961), Jo Jo White (1946), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), and Robert Parrish (1916).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lewis Cass ranks 459Before him are Lee Friedlander (1934), Norman Mineta (1931), Whitney Smith (1940), Ron DeSantis (1978), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), and Gary Locke (1950). After him are Gavin Newsom (1967), William M. Tweed (1823), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Larry O'Brien (1917), Lucien Carr (1925), and Little Crow (1810).