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Wade Hampton III

1818 - 1902

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Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was the scion of one of the richest families in the ante-bellum South, owning thousands of acres of cotton land in South Carolina and Mississippi, as well as thousands of slaves. He became a senior general in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wade Hampton III has received more than 729,849 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Wade Hampton III is the 17,417th most popular politician (down from 15,732nd in 2019), the 12,222nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,751st in 2019) and the 822nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 48.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wade Hampton III ranks 17,417 out of 19,576. Before him are Barbara Prammer, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, Connie Hedegaard, Süleyman Soylu, Rick Santorum, and Georges Vanier. After him are Rasmus Paludan, John Bright, Cori Bush, Daniel Williams, John Ballance, and Sherrod Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Wade Hampton III ranks 101. Before him are Johan Lange, José Amador de los Ríos, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Charles J. Folger, Nathaniel Lyon, and John Henninger Reagan. After him is George S. Boutwell. Among people deceased in 1902, Wade Hampton III ranks 85. Before him are Hans von Pechmann, William McGonagall, Ludwig von Brenner, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, John Henry Twachtman, and Jimmy Ross.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wade Hampton III ranks 12,222 out of 20,380. Before him are Virginia Brown Faire (1904), Rick Santorum (1958), Gina Rodriguez (1984), Lita (1975), Mack Robinson (1914), and P. P. Arnold (1946). After him are Mario Cantone (1959), Jimmy Arias (1964), Jake Busey (1971), Joe Arlauckas (1965), Dwight Phillips (1977), and Ken Myers (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wade Hampton III ranks 822. Before him are William Wirt (1772), Benjamin Stoddert (1751), George Voinovich (1936), Mike Johnson (1972), Michele Bachmann (1956), and Rick Santorum (1958). After him are Cori Bush (1976), Sherrod Brown (1952), Carter Braxton (1736), James Abourezk (1931), Russell Carpenter (1950), and Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965).

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