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Oliver Otis Howard

1830 - 1909

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Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Otis Howard has received more than 741,406 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Oliver Otis Howard is the 16,489th most popular politician (down from 14,109th in 2019), the 9,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,346th in 2019) and the 647th most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.63

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oliver Otis Howard ranks 16,489 out of 19,576. Before him are Janez Evangelist Krek, Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Alejandro Mayorkas, Russ Kun, Jan Zahradil, and Pinnes. After him are Julio Herrera y Obes, Erhard Busek, Murli Manohar Joshi, Evans Paul, Anand Satyanand, and Mohammad Reza Aref.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Oliver Otis Howard ranks 72. Before him are Lina Morgenstern, Henry Bird, John Moresby, Emily Davies, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, and Abraham Jacobi. After him are Nain Singh, Harriet Hosmer, Helen Hunt Jackson, Belva Ann Lockwood, Frederic Moore, and John Douglas. Among people deceased in 1909, Oliver Otis Howard ranks 97. Before him are Peter Lesgaft, Francis Marion Crawford, Lina Morgenstern, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary MacKillop, and João Barbosa Rodrigues. After him are Bertha Townsend, and Edward Everett Hale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Otis Howard ranks 9,950 out of 20,380. Before him are James Chapin (1889), Frank Waller (1884), Lou Jones (1932), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Caroline Aaron (1952), and Edward Van Sloan (1882). After him are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Patricia Belcher (1954), William Fields (1929), Devin Ratray (1977), Alice Austen (1866), and Markie Post (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Oliver Otis Howard ranks 647. Before him are Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Richard Shelby (1934), Tenskwatawa (1775), Charles Colson (1931), Edward Givens (1930), and Rand Paul (1963). After him are Edward Rutledge (1749), Susan Collins (1952), Ted Stevens (1923), Rufus King (1755), Robert Elswit (1950), and Les Aspin (1938).

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