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Schuyler Colfax

1823 - 1885

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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

Among politicians, Schuyler Colfax ranks 10,576 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Schuyler Colfax ranks 41Before 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 45Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 3,999 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Schuyler Colfax ranks 252Before 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).