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William Paterson

1745 - 1806

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William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, Paterson moved to the North American British colonies at a young age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Paterson has received more than 24,068 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Paterson is the 15,155th most popular politician (down from 14,027th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 288th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 23

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  • 3.96

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Paterson ranks 15,155 out of 15,577Before him are Dudley Senanayake, Osred I of Northumbria, Neil Abercrombie, Jim Risch, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, and Francis Hopkinson. After him are Spyridon Chazapis, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Petras Klimas, Wael Nader al-Halqi, Luciano Burti, and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, William Paterson ranks 45Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Timothy Pickering, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, John Jeffries, Oliver Ellsworth, and Anthony Wayne. After him are Samuel Hearne, Sydney Parkinson, Richard Bassett, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1806, William Paterson ranks 47Before him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Morris, Heinrich Christian Boie, and Rana Bahadur Shah. After him are John Breckinridge, Charlotte Smith, and George Wythe.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Paterson ranks 280 out of 501Before him are Peter Sutherland (1946), Louis Walsh (1952), Cathal Brugha (1874), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), and Mairead McGuinness (1959). After him are Tony Dunne (1941), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Róisín Murphy (1973), Sharon Corr (1970), and Patrick Leahy (1877).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, William Paterson ranks 45Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Mairead McGuinness (1959). After him are William Hobson (1792), Richard Mulcahy (1886), Albert Reynolds (1932), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and Jack Lynch (1917).