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Morrison Waite

1816 - 1888

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Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure, the Waite Court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority related to laws and amendments that were enacted during the Reconstruction Era to expand the rights of freedmen and protect them from attacks by white supremacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Waite established a legal practice in Toledo, Ohio, after graduating from Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morrison Waite has received more than 340,137 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Morrison Waite is the 15,514th most popular politician (down from 14,759th in 2019), the 10,010th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,630th in 2019) and the 632nd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

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  • 3.46

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Morrison Waite ranks 15,514 out of 15,577. Before him are Herbert H. Lehman, G. William Miller, Tatyana Averina, Isidore Mankofsky, Linda Haglund, and Ardabur. After him are Niels Helveg Petersen, Melville Fuller, Nick Griffin, Suthep Thaugsuban, Philip Dimitrov, and Mohamed Brahmi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Morrison Waite ranks 53. Before him are William Sterndale Bennett, Lajos Haynald, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, Johan Sverdrup, George Henry Thomas, and Priscilla Cooper Tyler. After him are Elihu B. Washburne and Nathaniel P. Banks. Among people deceased in 1888, Morrison Waite ranks 74. Before him are Charles Duclerc, Alessandro Antonelli, Jan van Beers, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Arsène Darmesteter, and Richard A. Proctor. After him is Roscoe Conkling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morrison Waite ranks 10,010 out of 18,182. Before him are Vincent Kartheiser (1979), Adam Yauch (1964), Roberta Peters (1930), Kevin Connolly (1974), Donny Osmond (1957), and Amanda Blake (1929). After him are Jeff Dunham (1962), Frances Willard (1839), L'Wren Scott (1964), Chuck Liddell (1969), Melville Fuller (1833), and Claudia Christian (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Morrison Waite ranks 632. Before him are Margaret Chase Smith (1897), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), John B. Anderson (1922), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), G. William Miller (1925), and Isidore Mankofsky (1931). After him are Melville Fuller (1833), Richard Rush (1780), William H. Webster (1924), Barbara Mikulski (1936), Ben Cardin (1943), and Francis James Child (1825).

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