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Schuyler Colfax

1823 - 1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. ( SKY-lər KOHL-fax; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Originally a Whig, then part of the short-lived People's Party of Indiana, and later a Republican, he was the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Schuyler Colfax has received more than 1,226,507 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Schuyler Colfax is the 11,639th most popular politician (down from 10,547th in 2019), the 4,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,988th in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Schuyler Colfax ranks 11,639 out of 19,576. Before him are Arvid Posse, Ian Khama, Giovanni Lanza, Zoran Janković, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, and Alfredo Cristiani. After him are Uranius, Constantine Lekapenos, Juan Almonte, Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Sempad the Constable.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Schuyler Colfax ranks 47. Before him are Alfred Stevens, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Sophie Adlersparre, Imre Madách, Paul Janet, and José María Iglesias. After him are Ivan Aksakov, Jules Émile Planchon, Count Richard Belcredi, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Friedrich von Esmarch, and Mary Surratt. Among people deceased in 1885, Schuyler Colfax ranks 53. Before him are Amédée Courbet, Jules Vallès, Friedrich Kiel, Rosa Vercellana, Bharatendu Harishchandra, and Prince Adolf of Auersperg. After him are Georg Curtius, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, André Gill, Prince August of Württemberg, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 4,321 out of 20,380. Before him are Tyne Daly (1946), Jackie Gleason (1916), Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), Patti LaBelle (1944), and Frank Morgan (1890). After him are Pitbull (1981), Little Walter (1930), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Steven Holl (1947), and Phylicia Rashad (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 287. Before him are Lindsey Graham (1955), Huey Long (1893), Harry Hopkins (1890), Newt Gingrich (1943), Jeannette Rankin (1880), and Sanford B. Dole (1844). After him are Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Moses Finley (1912), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), and Edmund Muskie (1914).

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