POLITICIAN

William M. Evarts

1818 - 1901

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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 1876. During the presidency of Rutherford B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William M. Evarts has received more than 180,172 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. William M. Evarts is the 14,431st most popular politician (down from 14,263rd in 2019), the 6,742nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,577th in 2019) and the 431st most popular American Politician.

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  • 180k

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  • 47.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William M. Evarts ranks 14,431 out of 19,576. Before him are Bagrat V of Georgia, Laurance Rockefeller, Alphonse Alley, Raila Odinga, David Padilla, and José Graziano da Silva. After him are Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, William Huskisson, Samuel Dexter, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Tommy Burns, and Lothar Metz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, William M. Evarts ranks 81. Before him are Joseph Roumanille, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, František Ladislav Rieger, Jan Heemskerk, Wilhelm Camphausen, and Irvin McDowell. After him are Ilya Berezin, Dimitrie Brătianu, Henry Litolff, Heinrich Zollinger, Ludwig Traube, and Nikolay Milyutin. Among people deceased in 1901, William M. Evarts ranks 77. Before him are Friedrich Chrysander, August Malmström, Joseph Noel Paton, Kate Greenaway, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Ignatius L. Donnelly, Konstantin Stoilov, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Joseph Olivier, and Edward John Eyre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William M. Evarts ranks 6,742 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Baumbach (1969), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Brian Schmidt (1967), Nick Adams (1931), Bill Walton (1952), and José Graziano da Silva (1949). After him are Samuel Dexter (1761), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Teri Weigel (1962), Lee Pace (1979), and Ted Wilde (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William M. Evarts ranks 431. Before him are Galo Plaza (1906), Edward Everett (1794), Ramsey Clark (1927), Robert Bacon (1860), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), and José Graziano da Silva (1949). After him are Samuel Dexter (1761), Patty Murray (1950), Abel P. Upshur (1790), John Rutledge (1739), Richard Lugar (1932), and William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891).

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