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William Livingston

1723 - 1790

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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Livingston has received more than 323,195 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Livingston is the 11,998th most popular politician (up from 12,755th in 2019), the 4,556th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,691st in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Livingston ranks 11,998 out of 19,576Before him are Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus, Erich Leinsdorf, Gérard Collomb, Cristoforo Madruzzo, Ko Wen-je, and Max van der Stoel. After him are Cunobeline, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Agesipolis II, Zakaria Mohieddin, Hugh II of Cyprus, and Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, William Livingston ranks 25Before him are Antoine Louis, Pehr Osbeck, William Blackstone, Marcus Elieser Bloch, William Chambers, and Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are John Byron, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, Peter Ascanius, and Crispus Attucks. Among people deceased in 1790, William Livingston ranks 17Before him are Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, William Cullen, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann II Bernoulli, and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa. After him are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Marmaduke Tunstall, Israel Putnam, Thomas Warton, and William Hooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Livingston ranks 4,556 out of 20,380Before him are Rick James (1948), Frederick Lorz (1884), Pamela Tiffin (1942), Andrew Robinson (1942), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), and Nick Cassavetes (1959). After him are Richard E. Stearns (1936), Gene Wolfe (1931), Pete Maravich (1947), Bobby Vinton (1935), Ben Adams (1890), and Michael Chang (1972).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Livingston ranks 297Before him are Kevin McCarthy (1965), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Edmund Muskie (1914), Jubal Early (1816), Clyde Tolson (1900), and Augustine Washington (1694). After him are Grace Coolidge (1879), Julia Grant (1826), Beau Biden (1969), Rick Perry (1950), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), and Michael Kors (1959).