POLITICIAN

Winfield Scott Hancock

1824 - 1886

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army as "Hancock the Superb," he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Winfield Scott Hancock has received more than 1,350,211 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Winfield Scott Hancock is the 12,346th most popular politician (down from 11,569th in 2019), the 4,776th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,665th in 2019) and the 310th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 12,346 out of 19,576. Before him are Anaxandridas I, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, Stefano Domenicali, William Perry, and Gerrit Schimmelpenninck. After him are Arshak II, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Farooq Leghari, Giovanni I Cornaro, Fejzi Alizoti, and Juan N. Méndez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 57. Before him are Ambrose Burnside, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Juliusz Kossak, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Wilhelm Hofmeister, and Víctor Balaguer i Cirera. After him are Ōmura Masujirō, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, and Alexey Bogolyubov. Among people deceased in 1886, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 34. Before him are Eugène Isabey, Adolf Lüderitz, Theodor von Oppolzer, Charles Lwanga, Ivan Aksakov, and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg. After him are Paul Bert, Pyotr Tkachev, Juan Esteban Pedernera, Leopold Zunz, Jules Malou, and Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 4,776 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Kang (1973), Thomas Jane (1969), Walter Piston (1894), William Perry (1927), David Hedison (1927), and Ted Nugent (1948). After him are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Mira Sorvino (1967), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), John Mayer (1977), and Huey P. Newton (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Winfield Scott Hancock ranks 310. Before him are Adlai Stevenson I (1835), William B. Travis (1809), Frances Cleveland (1864), Susanna M. Salter (1860), Kay Ivey (1944), and William Perry (1927). After him are Sargent Shriver (1915), John Hay (1838), Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Oliver North (1943), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), and Sam Webb (1945).

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