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Robert A. Taft

1889 - 1953

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Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who blocked expansion of the New Deal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert A. Taft has received more than 1,606,600 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert A. Taft is the 14,966th most popular politician (down from 13,955th in 2019), the 7,382nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,133rd in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Robert A. Taft has had the most page views in the with 218,535 views, followed by Chinese (5,473), and German (4,520). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (70.91%), Esperanto (68.34%), and Romanian (67.59%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert A. Taft ranks 14,966 out of 19,576. Before him are Nadia Calviño, Manuel Merino, Thoros III, King of Armenia, Josef Tošovský, Leo Varadkar, and Noli de Castro. After him are Ecgfrith of Mercia, Nazi-Maruttash, Luísa Diogo, Nikolay Milyutin, Nur-ili, and Daniel Oduber Quirós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Robert A. Taft ranks 237. Before him are Balthasar van der Pol, Sven Markelius, Matilde Hidalgo, Menen Asfaw, Suzanne Duchamp, and Charles Reidpath. After him are Miguel Mariano Gómez, Alberto Ohaco, Tom Naudé, Hans Beyer, Emma Asson, and Charles Darrow. Among people deceased in 1953, Robert A. Taft ranks 150. Before him are Sara Adler, Edmund Dulac, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Rudolph Schindler, Sophia Hayden, and Issay Dobrowen. After him are Karel Domin, John Marin, Nikolai Golovanov, Oscar Goßler, Arthur Berry, and Reginald Wingate.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Taft ranks 7,382 out of 20,380. Before him are Diana Barrymore (1921), Tony Zale (1913), Joe Sutter (1921), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Lawrence Gordon (1936), and Glenn Hardin (1910). After him are Leonard Slatkin (1944), Richard Powers (1957), Janet Moreau (1927), Jerry Rubin (1938), Jim Wetherbee (1952), and Mary Martin (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert A. Taft ranks 476. Before him are Oliver Ellsworth (1745), William J. Casey (1913), Jane Pierce (1806), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), James Spriggs Payne (1819), and Ralph Metcalfe (1910). After him are Joe Manchin (1947), Charles Lang (1902), Benjamin Butler (1818), Patrick Leahy (1940), Greg Louganis (1960), and George J. Mitchell (1933).

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