POLITICIAN

Mary Arthur McElroy

1841 - 1917

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Mary McElroy (née Arthur; July 5, 1841 – January 8, 1917) was an American woman known as being the younger sister of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, for whom she served as a hostess (serving as the twenty-fifth first lady) for her older brother's administration (1881–1885). She assumed the role because Arthur's wife, Ellen, had died nearly two years earlier. McElroy was born in New York and attended the progressive Emma Willard School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Arthur McElroy has received more than 276,342 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mary Arthur McElroy is the 16,110th most popular politician (down from 14,888th in 2019), the 9,192nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,715th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary Arthur McElroy ranks 16,110 out of 19,576Before her are Grace Mugabe, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Marc Garneau, John A. Costello, Jim Risch, and Shōichi Nakagawa. After her are Hubert Minnis, Wopke Hoekstra, Emiliano González Navero, Carlos Eugenio Restrepo, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, and Hiram Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Mary Arthur McElroy ranks 96Before her are Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Nelson W. Aldrich, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Kliment of Tarnovo, and Chrétien Waydelich. After her are Andrew Ainslie Common, Julio Herrera y Obes, Charles Sprague Sargent, and Blanche Bruce. Among people deceased in 1917, Mary Arthur McElroy ranks 115Before her are Carlo Oriani, Charles Horton Peck, Richard Olney, Leander Starr Jameson, Jules Vandenpeereboom, and Chrétien Waydelich. After her are Albert Pinkham Ryder, Tom Thomson, Waldemar Tietgens, Mackenzie Bowell, Frank Odberg, and Janez Evangelist Krek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Arthur McElroy ranks 9,192 out of 20,380Before her are Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Marion Leonard (1881), Vincent Matthews (1947), Jim Risch (1943), Barney Ewell (1918), and Lisa Franchetti (1964). After her are Bootsy Collins (1951), Wally Ris (1924), Roxann Dawson (1958), Derrick Green (1971), Kathryn Hunter (1957), and Alexander Hall (1894).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mary Arthur McElroy ranks 593Before her are Gouverneur Morris (1752), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Jeanne Shaheen (1947), Francis Hopkinson (1737), Deb Haaland (1960), and Jim Risch (1943). After her are Hiram Johnson (1866), James M. Cox (1870), Hugo Black (1886), Fred M. Vinson (1890), Terry Branstad (1946), and Porter Goss (1938).