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Sarah Childress Polk

1803 - 1891

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Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk. Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband at a young age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Childress Polk has received more than 457,514 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sarah Childress Polk is the 14,081st most popular politician (down from 13,312th in 2019), the 6,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,277th in 2019) and the 406th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sarah Childress Polks by language

Over the past year Sarah Childress Polk has had the most page views in the with 57,607 views, followed by German (2,235), and Spanish (1,984). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (76.38%), Basque (65.52%), and Latin (56.73%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 14,081 out of 19,576. Before her are Zababa-shuma-iddin, Euphrosyne, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Paula-Mae Weekes, and Friedrich Chrysander. After her are Forbes Burnham, Aiulf I of Benevento, Mart Helme, Jean Tiberi, Paul H. O'Neill, and Jorge Serrano Elías.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 61. Before her are Dimitrios Voulgaris, Miles Joseph Berkeley, William Thoms, Black Kettle, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Gustav von Alvensleben. After her are Albert Küchler, Johann Jakob Kaup, José María Heredia y Heredia, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Heinrich Ewald, and George Borrow. Among people deceased in 1891, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 86. Before her are Nikolay Ilminsky, Henri de Brouckère, János Simor, Staka Skenderova, August von Pelzeln, and Joseph Roumanille. After her are Domenico Agostini, Joseph Leidy, Karl Maximovich, Emma Abbott, George Washington Williams, and Giovanni Caselli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 6,302 out of 20,380. Before her are Herbie Mann (1930), Nathan East (1955), John Wesley Shipp (1955), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Morton Gould (1913), and Stan Kenton (1911). After her are Holt McCallany (1963), Zero Mostel (1915), Mary Carlisle (1914), Morris Kirksey (1895), Alma Rubens (1897), and Paul H. O'Neill (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 406. Before her are Alf Landon (1887), Henry Lee III (1756), Caroline Harrison (1832), John W. Foster (1836), Alfred Francis Russell (1817), and Edward Livingston (1764). After her are Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Marvin Hart (1876), Stephen Hopkins (1707), Edwin Stanton (1814), and George Tenet (1953).

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