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Stephen Allen Benson

1816 - 1865

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Stephen Allen Benson (May 21, 1816 – January 24, 1865) was a Liberian politician who served as the second president of Liberia from 1856 to 1864. Prior to that, he served as the third vice president of Liberia from 1854 to 1856 under President Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Allen Benson has received more than 137,424 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Stephen Allen Benson is the 12,849th most popular politician (up from 13,433rd in 2019), the 5,173rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,393rd in 2019) and the 335th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen Allen Benson ranks 12,849 out of 19,576Before him are Maria, wife of Leo III, Zalmay Khalilzad, Balaji Baji Rao, Teutberga, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels. After him are Emmanouil Tsouderos, Jacek Kuroń, Ayub Khan, Robert, Count of Mortain, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, and Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Stephen Allen Benson ranks 41Before him are Jubal Early, Paul Gervais, Dmitry Milyutin, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, and August Wilhelm Ambros. After him are Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Grace Aguilar, Dimitrie Ghica, C. A. Rosetti, Richard Leach Maddox, and Andrei Mureșanu. Among people deceased in 1865, Stephen Allen Benson ranks 56Before him are Joseph Lebeau, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Antonios Kriezis, Achille Valenciennes, Philippe Buchez, and Mary Surratt. After him are Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Otto Ludwig, Kitsos Tzavelas, Nicholas Wiseman, Lewis Powell, and Eugène Devéria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Allen Benson ranks 5,173 out of 20,380Before him are Mary Daly (1928), Val Valentino (1956), Dr. John (1941), Herbert Friedman (1916), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), and William Hickey (1927). After him are Taylor Lautner (1992), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Alexis Bledel (1981), Sunita Williams (1965), Benjamin Rush (1745), and Kelly LeBrock (1960).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Stephen Allen Benson ranks 335Before him are William J. Donovan (1883), Daniel Webster (1782), Hunter Biden (1970), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Andrew Mellon (1855), and Pat Buchanan (1938). After him are Harry Cohn (1891), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Jay Garner (1938), and John Warner (1927).