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William Joseph Simmons

1880 - 1945

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William Joseph Simmons (May 7, 1880 – May 18, 1945) was an American preacher and fraternal organizer who founded and led the second Ku Klux Klan from Thanksgiving evening 1915 until being ousted in 1922 by Hiram Wesley Evans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Joseph Simmons has received more than 738,676 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Joseph Simmons is the 12,538th most popular politician (down from 10,213th in 2019), the 4,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,806th in 2019) and the 322nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

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  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Joseph Simmons ranks 12,538 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Mackenzie, Tiburcio Carías Andino, Andreas Metaxas, Abeid Karume, Daniel Kablan Duncan, and Anne of York. After him are Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Wasashatta, Eadbald of Kent, Walter Isaacson, Faustin Twagiramungu, and Donald Ramotar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, William Joseph Simmons ranks 131. Before him are Alexander Bogomazov, W. C. Fields, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Nikolai Podvoisky, Margit Kaffka, and Louis Wolheim. After him are Herbert Brenon, Lipót Fejér, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Joseph Grew, Ernest Oppenheimer, and Cora Sandel. Among people deceased in 1945, William Joseph Simmons ranks 249. Before him are Alexander Granach, Agnes Baden-Powell, Fejzi Alizoti, Albrecht Haushofer, Albert Taillandier, and Albert Tyler. After him are Henri Dentz, Alfred Saalwächter, Nils Edén, Eddie Slovik, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, and John R. Commons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Joseph Simmons ranks 4,913 out of 20,380. Before him are Giovanni Ribisi (1974), Gregory Hines (1946), David Brin (1950), Otis Rush (1934), Doug Jones (1960), and Catharine MacKinnon (1946). After him are Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Walter Isaacson (1952), Joshua Logan (1908), Daniel Morgan (1736), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), and Ryan Phillippe (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Joseph Simmons ranks 322. Before him are Sam Webb (1945), Bobby Seale (1936), Edmund Randolph (1753), Fred Thompson (1942), Bill Richardson (1947), and Joseph Brant (1742). After him are Walter Isaacson (1952), Daniel Morgan (1736), Eddie Lawson (1958), George Read (1733), Henry Paulson (1946), and Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900).

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