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Mary Surratt

1823 - 1865

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Mary Elizabeth Surratt (née Jenkins; 1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Sentenced to death, she was hanged and became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government. She maintained her innocence until her death, and the case against her was and remains controversial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Surratt has received more than 2,713,802 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mary Surratt is the 198th most popular extremist (down from 168th in 2019), the 5,143rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,201st in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mary Surratt ranks 198 out of 283. Before her are Luis Posada Carriles, Yoo Young-chul, Mohamed Atta, Richard Speck, Stanley Williams, and Ross Ulbricht. After her are Charles Starkweather, Stand Watie, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Frank James, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Irmgard Möller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Mary Surratt ranks 53. Before her are Schuyler Colfax, Ivan Aksakov, Jules Émile Planchon, Count Richard Belcredi, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and Friedrich von Esmarch. After her are Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Lascăr Catargiu, Oscar Dickson, Heymann Steinthal, Charlotte Mary Yonge, and Emilio Arrieta. Among people deceased in 1865, Mary Surratt ranks 55. Before her are Richard Cobden, Joseph Lebeau, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Antonios Kriezis, Achille Valenciennes, and Philippe Buchez. After her are Stephen Allen Benson, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Otto Ludwig, Kitsos Tzavelas, Nicholas Wiseman, and Lewis Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Surratt ranks 5,143 out of 20,380. Before her are Eileen Heckart (1919), Stephen Root (1951), Sid Haig (1939), Ann Blyth (1928), John Norman (1931), and Eugene Parker (1927). After her are George Devol (1912), George Horine (1890), Donella Meadows (1941), Tyrese Gibson (1978), Sewall Wright (1889), and Luke Wilson (1971).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Mary Surratt ranks 63. Before her are Andrew Cunanan (1969), Carl Panzram (1892), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Richard Speck (1941), Stanley Williams (1953), and Ross Ulbricht (1984). After her are Charles Starkweather (1938), Stand Watie (1806), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Frank James (1843), Herbert Mullin (1947), and Axeman of New Orleans (null).

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