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David Paterson

1954 - Today

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David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and the first African-American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Paterson has received more than 2,033,607 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). David Paterson is the 15,856th most popular politician (down from 13,956th in 2019), the 10,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,453rd in 2019) and the 707th most popular American Politician.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

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  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Paterson ranks 15,856 out of 15,577Before him are John B. Floyd, Lansana Kouyaté, Sangay Ngedup, John C. Stennis, Yua Mikami, and Andris Šķēle. After him are Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye, Bongbong Marcos, Pavel Gubarev, K. Chandrashekar Rao, Abraham Baldwin, and Mohamed Hussein Roble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, David Paterson ranks 502Before him are Don Coscarelli, Wim Crusio, Shigeharu Ueki, Umberto Guidoni, Hans-Henrik Ørsted, and Stephen Furst. After him are K. Chandrashekar Rao, Ulrich Walter, Yuji Takada, Freddie Prinze, Anuradha Paudwal, and Karl Schnabl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Paterson ranks 10,922 out of 18,182Before him are John C. Stennis (1901), Brad Anderson (1964), Tina Brooks (1932), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Todd Armstrong (1937), and Kevin Michael Richardson (1964). After him are Virginia Weidler (1927), Michael Trevino (1985), Greg Bell (1930), Duane Swanson (1913), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), and Chandler Riggs (1999).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, David Paterson ranks 707Before him are Howard Dean (1948), Bill Weld (1945), Jeanne Shaheen (1947), Robert J. Walker (1801), John B. Floyd (1806), and John C. Stennis (1901). After him are Abraham Baldwin (1754), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Cory Booker (1969), Liz Cheney (1966), George Voinovich (1936), and Gifford Pinchot (1865).

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