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Richard Bassett

1745 - 1815

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Richard Bassett (April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815) was an American politician, attorney, slave owner and later abolitionist, veteran of the American Revolution, signer of the United States Constitution, and one of the Founding Fathers of America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Bassett has received more than 12,899 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Bassett is the 16,851st most popular politician (down from 15,986th in 2019), the 10,757th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,393rd in 2019) and the 707th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Bassett ranks 16,851 out of 19,576Before him are Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, Eduardo Riedel, Pierre Laurent, Isabel Celaá, Francia Márquez, and Denis Healey. After him are Maksim Tarasov, Feargus O'Connor, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, Justo Figuerola, Hussein Farrah Aidid, and Ali Babacan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Richard Bassett ranks 52Before him are Oliver Ellsworth, John Jeffries, Sydney Parkinson, Madhavrao I, Anthony Wayne, and William Paterson. After him are Samuel Hearne, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1815, Richard Bassett ranks 35Before him are William Roxburgh, Thomas Picton, George Montagu, Benjamin Smith Barton, John Carroll, and Charles Lee. After him is Peter the Aleut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Bassett ranks 10,757 out of 20,380Before him are Vern Mikkelsen (1928), George Murphy (1902), Chris Hughes (1983), Mindy Kaling (1979), Edward Andrews (1914), and Genevieve Cortese (1981). After him are Vanessa Ferlito (1980), Alice White (1904), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Lewis Black (1948), Kevin Williamson (1965), and Virgil Jacomini (1899).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Bassett ranks 707Before him are John C. Stennis (1901), Susan Rice (1964), Nathaniel P. Banks (1816), Cory Booker (1969), Nellie Connally (1919), and Dennis Hastert (1942). After him are Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Henry M. Jackson (1912), William Eustis (1753), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), and David Rice Atchison (1807).