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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 169,392 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. William M. Evarts is the 14,312th most popular politician (down from 13,272nd in 2019), the 7,592nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,734th in 2019) and the 460th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William M. Evarts ranks 14,312 out of 15,577Before him are Bella Abzug, Rocco Buttiglione, Mithridates III of Commagene, Haya bint Hussein, Björn Jónsson, and Ted Moore. After him are José López Domínguez, Georg Hilmar, Olli Rehn, David Malpass, Roger B. Taney, and Josef Tošovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, William M. Evarts ranks 85Before him are José María Castro Madriz, Dimitrie Brătianu, Constantin von Wurzbach, Benjamin Butler, František Ladislav Rieger, and Joseph Roumanille. After him are Don Carlos Buell, Jan Heemskerk, Joseph Weydemeyer, Elizabeth F. Ellet, John Henninger Reagan, and Nathaniel Lyon. Among people deceased in 1901, William M. Evarts ranks 76Before him are Joseph Noel Paton, Friedrich Chrysander, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Konstantin Stoilov, and Ignatius L. Donnelly. After him are Kliment of Tarnovo, Joseph Olivier, Dimitar Grekov, Victor Thibault, Émile Fisseux, and Henri Helle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William M. Evarts ranks 7,592 out of 18,182Before him are Jo Jo White (1946), James Burnham (1905), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Mike Mills (1958), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), and Tom Heinsohn (1934). After him are Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Glynn Turman (1947), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Tony Trabert (1930), and Francesca Woodman (1958).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William M. Evarts ranks 460Before him are Emily Donelson (1807), Donald Regan (1918), John W. Snow (1939), William Bradford (1755), Joe Torre (1940), and Bella Abzug (1920). After him are David Malpass (1956), Roger B. Taney (1777), Richard Lugar (1932), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Michael Flynn (1958), and DeWitt Clinton (1769).