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Robert Toombs

1810 - 1885

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Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility. He was identified with Alexander H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Toombs has received more than 307,181 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert Toombs is the 17,300th most popular politician (down from 16,354th in 2019), the 11,887th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,448th in 2019) and the 797th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Toombs ranks 17,300 out of 19,576. Before him are Zsolt Baumgartner, V. K. Sasikala, Ben Wallace, Hartwig Löger, Harlem Désir, and Louis A. Johnson. After him are María Dolores de Cospedal, Philippe Lamberts, Mike Enzi, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Osric of Deira, and Ahmed Tidiane Souaré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Robert Toombs ranks 101. Before him are Victor Motschulsky, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Nísia Floresta, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Horatio Seymour, and John McCloskey. After him is Philip Francis Thomas. Among people deceased in 1885, Robert Toombs ranks 84. Before him are Anthony W. Gardiner, Nísia Floresta, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Helen Hunt Jackson, John McCloskey, and Titian Peale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Toombs ranks 11,887 out of 20,380. Before him are D'Arcy Carden (1980), Robert Horry (1970), Kimmy Robertson (1954), Bruce Harlan (1926), Dallas Roberts (1970), and Anna Deavere Smith (1950). After him are Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Michael Gaston (1962), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Jennette McCurdy (1992), Diane Williams (1960), and Tana French (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Toombs ranks 797. Before him are Ron Klain (1961), Matilda Howell (1859), William Gibbs McAdoo (1863), Paul Nitze (1907), Steve Scalise (1965), and Louis A. Johnson (1891). After him are Mike Enzi (1944), John Boozman (1950), David Ige (1957), William Hooper (1742), Peyton Randolph (1721), and Wendell Ford (1924).

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