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Melville Fuller

1833 - 1910

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Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910. Staunch conservatism marked his tenure on the Supreme Court, exhibited by his tendency to support unfettered free enterprise and to oppose broad federal power. He wrote major opinions on the federal income tax, the Commerce Clause, and citizenship law, and he took part in important decisions about racial segregation and the liberty of contract. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melville Fuller has received more than 579,573 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Melville Fuller is the 15,315th most popular politician (up from 15,459th in 2019), the 7,906th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,992nd in 2019) and the 502nd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

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  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Melville Fuller ranks 15,315 out of 19,576. Before him are Richard Henry Lee, Juan Natalicio González, Kurt Biedenkopf, Jean Carnahan, Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, and Robert A. Lovett. After him are Yury Chaika, Cecilio Báez, Grzegorz Schetyna, Danny Faure, Wilford Woodruff, and Tryggvi Þórhallsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Melville Fuller ranks 76. Before him are John Anderson, Constantine V of Constantinople, José María de Pereda, Ferdinand von Saar, Georgi Valkovich, and Abu Bakar of Johor. After him are Petre S. Aurelian, Antonio Flores Jijón, Charles Horton Peck, Luis Cordero Crespo, Ludwig von Brenner, and Duncan Stewart. Among people deceased in 1910, Melville Fuller ranks 96. Before him are Vittoria Aganoor, Joaquim Nabuco, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Julia Ward Howe, Boyd Alexander, and Emīls Dārziņš. After him are Emily Blackwell, Johan Vaaler, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Albert Nasse, Nikolaos Deligiannis, and Adolf Schwarz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melville Fuller ranks 7,906 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Conway (1887), Scott Hall (1958), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Dick Butkus (1942), Nick Carter (1980), and Dana Plato (1964). After him are Christy Walton (1949), Shelley Lubben (1968), Peter Tork (1942), Kevin Sussman (1970), Rick Hoffman (1970), and Lisa De Leeuw (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Melville Fuller ranks 502. Before him are Jeff Sessions (1946), Julian Castro (1974), Dick Durbin (1944), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jean Carnahan (1933), and Robert A. Lovett (1895). After him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), David Malpass (1956), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Debbie Rowe (1958), Bob Mathias (1930), and Samuel J. Tilden (1814).

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