1823 - 1885
Schuyler Colfax ( 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. Representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district from 1855 to 1869. Colfax was known for his opposition to slavery while serving in Congress, and was a founder of the Republican Party. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Schuyler Colfax has received more than 1,083,765 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Schuyler Colfax is the 10,576th most popular politician (down from 9,770th in 2019), the 3,999th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,796th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Schuyler Colfax ranks 10,576 out of 15,577. Before him are Merkawre Sobekhotep, Stojan Protić, Dolley Madison, Audata, Umor of Bulgaria, and Béla Imrédy. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Hiệp Hòa, Douglas Hyde, and Sigeberht the Good.
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 10,570
1857 - 1923
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 10,571
1768 - 1849
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 10,572
350 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 10,573
800 - 766
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,574
1891 - 1946
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,575
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,576
1826 - 1896
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,577
1010 - 1047
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,578
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,579
1847 - 1883
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,580
1860 - 1949
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,581
600 - 660
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,582
Among people born in 1823, Schuyler Colfax ranks 41. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Imre Madách, Marietta Alboni, Sophie Adlersparre, Enrico Betti, and Giuseppe Fiorelli. After him are Count Richard Belcredi, Mary Surratt, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Friedrich von Esmarch, and Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville. Among people deceased in 1885, Schuyler Colfax ranks 45. Before him are Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, Hermann von Fehling, Thomas Andrews, Nicolás Avellaneda, and Henri Milne-Edwards. After him are Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Jules Vallès, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Prince August of Württemberg, and Friedrich Kiel.
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 35
1823 - 1864
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 36
1823 - 1894
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 37
1823 - 1895
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 38
1823 - 1892
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 39
1823 - 1896
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 40
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 41
1823 - 1902
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 42
1823 - 1865
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 43
1823 - 1881
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 44
1823 - 1914
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 45
1823 - 1908
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 46
1823 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 47
1836 - 1885
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 39
1808 - 1885
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 40
1812 - 1885
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 41
1813 - 1885
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 42
1837 - 1885
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 43
1800 - 1885
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 44
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 45
1821 - 1885
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 46
1832 - 1885
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 47
1821 - 1885
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 48
1816 - 1885
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 49
1813 - 1885
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 50
1821 - 1885
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 51
Among people born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 3,999 out of 18,182. Before him are Bruce McGill (1950), Art Pepper (1925), Glen A. Larson (1937), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Dolley Madison (1768), and Tom Welling (1977). After him are Jack Lord (1920), Andrea True (1943), Malcom McLean (1913), Sammy Hagar (1947), John Lewis (1940), and Jeffrey Jones (1946).
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,993
1925 - 1982
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,994
1937 - 2014
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,995
1924 - 2022
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,996
1768 - 1849
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,997
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,998
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,999
1920 - 1998
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,000
1943 - 2011
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,001
1913 - 2001
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,002
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,003
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 4,004
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 4,005
Among politicians born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 252. Before him are Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Ralph Nader (1934), Elizabeth Warren (1949), John Nance Garner (1868), Huey Long (1893), and Dolley Madison (1768). After him are John Lewis (1940), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), Augustine Washington (1694), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), and Jeannette Rankin (1880).
1922 - 2019
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 246
1934 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 247
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 248
1868 - 1967
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 249
1893 - 1935
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 250
1768 - 1849
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 251
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 252
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 253
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 254
1912 - 1973
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 255
1694 - 1743
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 256
1862 - 1948
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 257
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 258