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William H. Seward

1801 - 1872

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William Henry Seward (; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a prominent figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William H. Seward has received more than 2,838,413 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). William H. Seward is the 6,254th most popular politician (up from 7,060th in 2019), the 2,000th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,424th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William H. Seward ranks 6,254 out of 19,576. Before him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Jan Syrový, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Apama, Crocodile, and Xiao Yi of Shang. After him are Chen Cheng, Rinchinbal Khan, Egon Bahr, Charles the Child, Per Brahe the Younger, and Aq Sunqur al-Hajib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, William H. Seward ranks 24. Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Princess Sophie of Sweden, Prince Charles of Prussia, Moritz von Jacobi, George Biddell Airy, and Vladimir Dal. After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Albert Lortzing, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, David Farragut, and Marie Laveau. Among people deceased in 1872, William H. Seward ranks 24. Before him are Kawakami Gensai, George Robert Gray, Prince Albert of Prussia, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, John Frederick Kensett, and Vladimir Dal. After him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, John Bowring, Handrij Zejler, George Meade, and Jean-Marie Duhamel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William H. Seward ranks 2,000 out of 20,380. Before him are Hubert Humphrey (1911), Eartha Kitt (1927), Hayden White (1928), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Abner Doubleday (1819), and Margaret Sanger (1879). After him are James Heckman (1944), Jeff Koons (1955), Rhea Perlman (1948), Archie Hahn (1880), Alice Walker (1944), and Alan Menken (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William H. Seward ranks 136. Before him are Jim Garrison (1921), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Avery Brundage (1887), Pontiac (1714), Samuel Adams (1722), and Hubert Humphrey (1911). After him are Elijah Muhammad (1897), Paul Bremer (1941), Prescott Bush (1895), Cus D'Amato (1908), Cochise (1805), and Mike Pompeo (1963).

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