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William A. Wheeler

1819 - 1887

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William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819 – June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 under President Rutherford B. Hayes. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877. Born in Malone, New York, Wheeler pursued a legal career after attending the University of Vermont. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William A. Wheeler has received more than 456,711 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). William A. Wheeler is the 9,642nd most popular politician (down from 8,975th in 2019), the 3,354th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,216th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

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  • 54.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William A. Wheeler ranks 9,642 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, Sedjefakare, Bagha Qaghan, Alessandro Nannini, and Princess Marie of Baden. After him are Prince Koreyasu, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Hazem El Beblawi, Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, and Mallobaudes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William A. Wheeler ranks 54. Before him are Narcís Monturiol, Clément Juglar, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, and Thomas A. Hendricks. After him are Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Edwin Drake. Among people deceased in 1887, William A. Wheeler ranks 24. Before him are Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Luigi Jacobini, Agostino Depretis, Hippolyte Bayard, and Hans von Marées. After him are Julius von Haast, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Joseph Whitworth, J. C. Jacobsen, Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, and Louis Gallait.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William A. Wheeler ranks 3,354 out of 20,380. Before him are Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Ken Kercheval (1935), Patti Page (1927), Steve Harvey (1957), Richard Bandler (1950), and Mamie Van Doren (1931). After him are Kenny G (1956), Angélica María (1943), Paul Volcker (1927), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Pink (1979), and Dick Dale (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William A. Wheeler ranks 214. Before him are Barry Goldwater (1909), Gall (1840), Chuck Schumer (1950), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), P. J. Kennedy (1858), and Sandra Day O'Connor (1930). After him are Caspar Weinberger (1917), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Bill Nelson (1942), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), and Besse Cooper (1896).

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