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Robert Lansing

1864 - 1928

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Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 42nd United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. As Counselor to the State Department and then as Secretary of State, he was a leading advocate for American involvement in World War I. Lansing was born and raised in Watertown, New York, where he joined his father's law firm after graduating from Amherst College. After developing expertise in international law and marrying the daughter of Secretary of State John W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Lansing has received more than 292,250 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Robert Lansing is the 10,117th most popular politician (up from 10,884th in 2019), the 3,539th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,217th in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Lansing ranks 10,117 out of 19,576. Before him are Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Marie Smith Jones, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Drusilla, and José Ramón Machado Ventura. After him are Ramón Castro Ruz, Élias Sarkis, István Friedrich, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Pietro Grimani, and Stephen Harper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Robert Lansing ranks 84. Before him are Herman Gorter, Michael Mayr, Ferdinand Zecca, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and George Albert Smith. After him are Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Roger Casement, Adolf Wölfli, Toktogul Satylganov, Ricarda Huch, and Tsuda Umeko. Among people deceased in 1928, Robert Lansing ranks 55. Before him are Mauritz Stiller, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Medardo Rosso, Larry Semon, and Hermann Sudermann. After him are Emil Wiechert, Frank Dicksee, Enrico Cecchetti, Alexander Spendiaryan, Anita Berber, and Arnold Rothstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lansing ranks 3,539 out of 20,380. Before him are Varian Fry (1907), Tony Goldwyn (1960), Louis Prima (1910), Jimmy McLane (1930), Marie Smith Jones (1918), and Larry Niven (1938). After him are Carl Sandburg (1878), Don Norman (1935), Richard Beymer (1938), Paul Gleason (1939), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), and Jim Brown (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Lansing ranks 226. Before him are Besse Cooper (1896), James R. Schlesinger (1929), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Steve Bannon (1953), James Forrestal (1892), and Marie Smith Jones (1918). After him are Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Dolley Madison (1768), Kamehameha V (1830), Bobby Jones (1902), Frank Caprio (1936), and Charles Evans Hughes (1862).

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