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POLITICIAN

Edmund Muskie

1914 - 1996

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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1968 presidential election. Born in Rumford, Maine, he worked as a lawyer for two years before serving in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Upon his return, Muskie served in the Maine State Legislature from 1946 to 1951, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Waterville. Muskie was elected the 64th governor of Maine in 1954 under a reform platform as the first Democratic governor since Louis J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Muskie has received more than 1,266,492 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Muskie is the 11,656th most popular politician (down from 11,320th in 2019), the 4,725th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,028th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Muskie ranks 11,656 out of 15,577Before him are Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Börje Salming, Pál Losonczi, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Anne of York, and Ashur-nirari III. After him are Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Margherita Maria Farnese, W. Averell Harriman, Juha Sipilä, Constantina, and Mohammed Karim Lamrani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Edmund Muskie ranks 201Before him are Norman Lloyd, Akira Ifukube, Gisèle Casadesus, Ralph Ellison, Ray Walston, and Ralph Erskine. After him are Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Wolfgang Windgassen, Bertus Aafjes, Shaken Aimanov, Krishan Chander, and Jacques Dufilho. Among people deceased in 1996, Edmund Muskie ranks 156Before him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Zulfiya, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Endel Puusepp, Teodoro Fernández, and Andrey Lukanov. After him are Kiyoshi Atsumi, Stanko Todorov, Ljuba Welitsch, Imre Kovács, Chen Jingrun, and Danilo Alvim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Muskie ranks 4,725 out of 18,182Before him are Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Jimi Jamison (1951), Jonathan Winters (1925), Layne Staley (1967), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), and Emily Warren Roebling (1843). After him are W. Averell Harriman (1891), Zakk Wylde (1967), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Gregg Henry (1952), Marc Lawrence (1910), and Sam Anderson (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edmund Muskie ranks 300Before him are Bobby Jones (1902), Lee Friedlander (1934), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Janet Jagan (1920), and Grace Coolidge (1879). After him are W. Averell Harriman (1891), Strom Thurmond (1902), Edmund Randolph (1753), John Hay (1838), Dianne Feinstein (1933), and Patrick Leahy (1940).