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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. He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. 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 412,535 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). William A. Wheeler is the 9,002nd most popular politician (down from 8,338th in 2019), the 3,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,057th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William A. Wheeler ranks 9,002 out of 15,577Before him are Yahya Khan, Pēteris Stučka, James Forrestal, Arechis II of Benevento, Pierre Buyoya, and Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Huzziya II, Archidamus IV, Lazar Mojsov, Floris II, Count of Holland, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and Ahn Changho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William A. Wheeler ranks 49Before him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gustave de Molinari, Franz Abt, Thomas A. Hendricks, Panteleimon Kulish, and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. After him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Clément Juglar, Maria Wodzińska, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. Among people deceased in 1887, William A. Wheeler ranks 22Before him are Anandi Gopal Joshi, Hippolyte Bayard, Paul Féval, père, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, and Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. After him are Agostino Depretis, Hans von Marées, Joseph Whitworth, J. C. Jacobsen, Moritz Wagner, and Emma Lazarus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William A. Wheeler ranks 3,224 out of 18,182Before him are Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Isiah Thomas (1961), Paul Winfield (1939), Richard Wright (1908), Orson Bean (1928), and James Forrestal (1892). After him are Fred Brooks (1931), Abel Ferrara (1951), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Martin Ritt (1914), John Zerzan (1943), and Warner Baxter (1889).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William A. Wheeler ranks 203Before him are Barry Goldwater (1909), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Steve Bannon (1953), Levi P. Morton (1824), and James Forrestal (1892). After him are Kamehameha IV (1834), George M. Dallas (1792), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Maurice Hilleman (1919), Edith Head (1897), and Garret Hobart (1844).