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 1,401,540 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Edmund Muskie is the 11,845th most popular politician (down from 11,621st in 2019), the 4,461st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,713th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Muskie ranks 11,845 out of 19,576. Before him are Agathocles, Felix Hamrin, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Zipoetes I of Bithynia, and Ariarathes X of Cappadocia. After him are Eremburga of Maine, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Renseneb, James Douglas, Lord of Douglas, Ralph Abercromby, and Helena of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Edmund Muskie ranks 197. Before him are Ray Walston, Evelyn Furtsch, Norman Lloyd, Maxim of Bulgaria, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and Orhan Veli Kanık. After him are Toulo de Graffenried, Igor M. Diakonoff, Akira Ifukube, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Shaken Aimanov, and Bertus Aafjes. Among people deceased in 1996, Edmund Muskie ranks 149. Before him are Henri Nouwen, Joseph Mermans, Zulfiya, José Manuel Fuente, Inger Jacobsen, and Danilo Alvim. After him are Teodoro Fernández, Tarō Okamoto, Léo Malet, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Ryōtarō Shiba, and Chen Jingrun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Muskie ranks 4,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), L. Q. Jones (1927), Martha Hyer (1924), John Doman (1945), Mitchell Ryan (1928), and Seth MacFarlane (1973). After him are Gary Snyder (1930), Robert Urich (1946), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), James Michael Tyler (1962), and Leo Penn (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edmund Muskie ranks 293. Before him are Schuyler Colfax (1823), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Moses Finley (1912), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Kevin McCarthy (1965), and Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772). After him are Jubal Early (1816), Clyde Tolson (1900), Augustine Washington (1694), William Livingston (1723), Grace Coolidge (1879), and Julia Grant (1826).

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