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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 692,993 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Joseph Simmons is the 10,241st most popular politician (down from 9,486th in 2019), the 3,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,608th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Politician.

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  • 16

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  • 4.02

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Joseph Simmons ranks 10,241 out of 15,577. Before him are Daniel D. Tompkins, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Giovanni Galbaio, Amata Kabua, Otto Strandman, and Pacorus I. After him are Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, H. C. Hansen, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Renseneb, Andronikos Palaiologos, and Antanas Sniečkus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, William Joseph Simmons ranks 103. Before him are Georg von Trapp, Johannes Aavik, Louis Charles Breguet, Zequinha de Abreu, Eugen Slutsky, and Mirza Kuchik Khan. After him are Broncho Billy Anderson, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Walter Hohmann, Walter Short, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, and Christabel Pankhurst. Among people deceased in 1945, William Joseph Simmons ranks 192. Before him are Adolf Bertram, Henri Maspero, Gustav Cassel, Augustín Malár, Stamen Grigorov, and Julius Leber. After him are Antal Szerb, Alfred Delp, Emily Carr, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Walter Hohmann, and Wincenty Witos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Joseph Simmons ranks 3,816 out of 18,182. Before him are David White (1916), Rick Barry (1944), Kenneth Anger (1927), Robert Brout (1928), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), and Philip Baker Hall (1931). After him are Gary Snyder (1930), Darlene Conley (1934), Carlos Lopes (1947), Lobo (1943), Miriam Hopkins (1902), and Norman Taurog (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Joseph Simmons ranks 237. Before him are Gabriel Almond (1911), Lunalilo (1835), George McGovern (1922), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Frances Cleveland (1864), and Daniel D. Tompkins (1774). After him are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Jesse Ventura (1951), Michael Kors (1959), Edith Wilson (1872), Kaʻahumanu (1768), and Milton George Henschel (1920).

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