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Walter Q. Gresham, a Common card
Walter Quintin Gresham was an American attorney, jurist, statesman, and politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Walter Q. Gresham quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Walter Q. Gresham card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He joined Cleveland's second cabinet as the 33rd U.S. ______ of state from 1893 until his death in 1895.
Answer
secretary. He joined Cleveland's second cabinet as the 33rd U.S. secretary of state from 1893 until his death in 1895. From the Walter Q. Gresham article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of France. History of France 79 · Leonid Hurwicz 74 · Typhoon Hato 71 · Walter Q. Gresham 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Gresham was the 31st postmaster general of the United States under Arthur from 1883 to 1884 and briefly the 35th U.S. secretary of the treasury from September to October 1884 before resigning to become a federal judge.
- He was twice a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. president in 1884 and 1888 before leaving the party to support Cleveland in the 1892 election.
- He joined Cleveland's second cabinet as the 33rd U.S. secretary of state from 1893 until his death in 1895.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Walter Q. Gresham article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Walter Q. Gresham
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Walter Q. Gresham (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
