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Rufus King

1755 - 1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress, he represented New York in the United States Senate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rufus King has received more than 674,549 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Rufus King is the 16,504th most popular politician (down from 15,680th in 2019), the 9,985th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,594th in 2019) and the 651st most popular American Politician.

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  • 670k

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  • 43.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rufus King ranks 16,504 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri Emmanuelli, José Ruperto Monagas, Shyamala Gopalan, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, and Mariya Gabriel. After him are Shelly Yachimovich, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Luis de Guindos, Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, Andrea Giani, and Oleh Lyashko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Rufus King ranks 50. Before him are Jacques Labillardière, Nathan Hale, Johann Christoph Wendland, Oliver Evans, William Bradford, and Thomas Hardwicke. After him are Narayan Rao, and Nicholas Gilman. Among people deceased in 1827, Rufus King ranks 36. Before him are Henry Salt, János Bihari, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Hugh Clapperton, and Charles Willson Peale. After him is Israel Pickens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rufus King ranks 9,985 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Stevens (1923), Michael Novak (1933), Vicki Peterson (1958), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), and Penny Hardaway (1971). After him are Erin Gray (1950), Ryan White (1971), Bruce Broughton (1945), Lauren Shuler Donner (1949), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Clarence Clark (1859).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rufus King ranks 651. Before him are Edward Givens (1930), Rand Paul (1963), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Edward Rutledge (1749), Susan Collins (1952), and Ted Stevens (1923). After him are Robert Elswit (1950), Les Aspin (1938), Richard A. Falk (1930), Howard Baker (1925), Mike Huckabee (1955), and Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807).

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