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Fred Upton

1953 - Today

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Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1987 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Kalamazoo and much of southwestern Michigan for 18 terms before retiring in 2023. A former chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Upton has played a major role in shaping post-Obamacare health care legislation. He is the only person in American history to vote to impeach two presidents; he voted for the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998 and the second impeachment of Donald Trump in 2021, as one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Upton has received more than 1,093,634 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Upton is the 19,082nd most popular politician (down from 17,421st in 2019), the 17,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,022nd in 2019) and the 1,411th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fred Upton ranks 19,082 out of 19,576Before him are Mesila Doda, Stephen Barclay, Ayanna Pressley, Scott May, Ed Royce, and Marko Asell. After him are Fernando Zavala, Julia Beljajeva, Myriam El Khomri, Soraya Haddad, Anna Cappellini, and Jim Gibbons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Fred Upton ranks 715Before him are Junior Bridgeman, José Ángel Córdova, Luther Strange, Ed Perlmutter, Ron Wright, and Carie Graves. After him are Derek Johnstone, Steve Chabot, Brian Kerr, Mike Espy, Anupama Deshpande, and Paul Vallas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Upton ranks 17,577 out of 20,380Before him are Blac Chyna (1988), Ed Royce (1951), Jerry Finn (1969), Israel Broussard (1994), Andre Miller (1976), and Darrell Pace (1956). After him are Drew Roy (1986), Edy Ganem (1983), Daniel Santiago (1976), Anthony Montgomery (1971), Jud Buechler (1968), and Tim Drummond (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fred Upton ranks 1,411Before him are Sarah Sanders (1982), Tony Snow (1955), Katherine Clark (1963), Ayanna Pressley (1974), Scott May (1954), and Ed Royce (1951). After him are Jim Gibbons (1944), Peter Shumlin (1956), Ray Nagin (1956), Spencer Bachus (1947), Steve Chabot (1953), and Frank Pallone (1951).