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Mary Surratt

1823 - 1865

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Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt (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 2,454,926 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mary Surratt is the 168th most popular extremist (down from 167th in 2019), the 4,213th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,117th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mary Surratt ranks 168 out of 209Before her are Ibn al-Khattab, Nancy Spungen, John List, Stand Watie, Joseph Kony, and Viktor Bout. After her are Charles Starkweather, Luis Posada Carriles, Yigal Amir, Fred West, Stanley Williams, and Brigitte Mohnhaupt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Mary Surratt ranks 43Before her are Marietta Alboni, Sophie Adlersparre, Enrico Betti, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Schuyler Colfax, and Count Richard Belcredi. After her are Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Friedrich von Esmarch, Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, José María Iglesias, and Heymann Steinthal. Among people deceased in 1865, Mary Surratt ranks 47Before her are Rafael Carrera, Robert Remak, Adolph Kolping, James Barry, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and Joseph Lebeau. After her are Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, William Jackson Hooker, Achille Valenciennes, Otto Ludwig, Nicholas Wiseman, and Antonios Kriezis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Surratt ranks 4,213 out of 18,182Before her are Casper Van Dien (1968), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Milt Jackson (1923), Steven Holl (1947), Ona Munson (1903), and Seymour Cray (1925). After her are Wallace Stevens (1879), Benny Urquidez (1952), Carol Lynley (1942), Bruce Sterling (1954), Floyd Westerman (1936), and Joanne Dru (1922).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Mary Surratt ranks 60Before her are Stephen Paddock (1953), Robert Ford (1862), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Nancy Spungen (1958), John List (1925), and Stand Watie (1806). After her are Charles Starkweather (1938), Stanley Williams (1953), Frank James (1843), Herbert Mullin (1947), Robert Berdella (1949), and Ross Ulbricht (1984).