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Thomas E. Dewey

1902 - 1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and 1948, losing the latter election to Harry S. Truman in a major upset. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas E. Dewey has received more than 2,628,698 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas E. Dewey is the 10,520th most popular politician (down from 10,220th in 2019), the 3,732nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,813th in 2019) and the 241st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas E. Dewey ranks 10,520 out of 19,576Before him are Antigenes, Detention of Mark Bernstein, Oleg I of Chernigov, Hierocles, Elizabeth Granowska, and Roberto Farinacci. After him are Dan Sullivan, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Eutropia, Lars Korvald, Krešimir I of Croatia, and Gevork Vartanian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Thomas E. Dewey ranks 148Before him are Anthony Asquith, Nikolay Kamov, K. Shivaram Karanth, Gustav Fröhlich, Khuang Aphaiwong, and Max Abegglen. After him are Mitrofan Nedelin, Jack Sharkey, Ferdinand Marian, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Johan Borgen, and Giovanni Colombo. Among people deceased in 1971, Thomas E. Dewey ranks 95Before him are James Alberione, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Paul Lévy, and Bobby Jones. After him are Bill W., Gioacchino Guaragna, Albin Stenroos, Erich Abraham, Edith Tolkien, and Paul Bader.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas E. Dewey ranks 3,732 out of 20,380Before him are Vincent Gigante (1928), Doyle Brunson (1933), Frederick Wiseman (1930), George Ellery Hale (1868), L. L. Langstroth (1810), and Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816). After him are Dan Sullivan (1964), Budd Boetticher (1916), Roy E. Disney (1930), James Rollins (1961), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and William Baumol (1922).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas E. Dewey ranks 241Before him are Gabriel Almond (1911), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Robert Zoellick (1953), Ross Perot (1930), Kamehameha IV (1834), and Leo Ryan (1925). After him are Dan Sullivan (1964), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Lunalilo (1835), Black Hawk (1767), and Nikki Haley (1972).