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Ben Cardin

1943 - Today

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Benjamin Louis Cardin (born Benjamin Louis Kardonsky October 5, 1943), is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987, the youngest person to ever hold the position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Cardin has received more than 1,446,773 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ben Cardin is the 15,536th most popular politician (down from 14,525th in 2019), the 10,073rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,974th in 2019) and the 637th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ben Cardin ranks 15,536 out of 15,577Before him are Barbara Mikulski, Richard Mulcahy, Drest Gurthinmoch, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Sorin Grindeanu, and Jack Layton. After him are Mohammad Reza Aref, Claude Bartolone, Adela Pankhurst, Peter Hultqvist, Alexey Ulyukaev, and Sol Plaatje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ben Cardin ranks 571Before him are Mary Woronov, Joe Namath, Yoshisada Shimizu, Pete Quaife, Phyllis Somerville, and Lynn Burke. After him are Edmund Bruggmann, Elaine Pagels, Guillermo Yávar, Mihály Hesz, Silvia Cartwright, and Mariann Fischer Boel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Cardin ranks 10,073 out of 18,182Before him are Gwynne Shotwell (1963), Constance Titus (1873), Isabel Jewell (1907), B-Real (1970), Richard Price (1949), and Shirley Ann Jackson (1946). After him are Michael Clarke (1946), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Angela Kinsey (1971), Camila Mendes (1994), Viola Dana (1897), and Joseph P. Allen (1937).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ben Cardin ranks 637Before him are Isidore Mankofsky (1931), Morrison Waite (1816), Melville Fuller (1833), Richard Rush (1780), William H. Webster (1924), and Barbara Mikulski (1936). After him are Francis James Child (1825), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), Deb Haaland (1960), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), and Frank Murkowski (1933).

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