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Henry M. Jackson

1912 - 1983

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Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist member of the Democratic Party, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions. Born in Everett, Washington, to Norwegian immigrants, Jackson practiced law in Everett, after graduating from the University of Washington School of Law. He won election to Congress in 1940, and joined the Senate in 1953 after defeating incumbent Republican Party senator Harry P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry M. Jackson has received more than 802,352 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry M. Jackson is the 16,139th most popular politician (down from 14,274th in 2019), the 11,628th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,270th in 2019) and the 772nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 19

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  • 3.76

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry M. Jackson ranks 16,139 out of 15,577. Before him are Helen Gahagan Douglas, Tōru Hashimoto, Michael Joseph Savage, Luigi de Magistris, Iratxe García, and Andrei Arlovski. After him are Janusz Wójcik, George Stoneman, Roberta Pinotti, Estanislau da Silva, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Mário Centeno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Henry M. Jackson ranks 354. Before him are Muriel Humphrey Brown, Frank Lovejoy, Danny Thomas, Byron Nelson, Studs Terkel, and Zohra Sehgal. After him are Dorothy Janis, Friedrich Maurer, Gerald Emmett Carter, Joseph Parecattil, Dorothy Height, and Joan Hartigan. Among people deceased in 1983, Henry M. Jackson ranks 234. Before him are Frank Forde, Marie Mosquini, Julio Rosales, Keith Holyoake, Alice White, and William Demarest. After him are Terence Cooke, Gale Page, José Villanueva, Ruby Myers, Betty Nuthall, and Ahmed Rushdi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry M. Jackson ranks 11,628 out of 18,182. Before him are Anthony Boucher (1911), Nick Wechsler (1978), Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Chelsea Manning (1987), Pamela Adlon (1966), and Tony Bettenhausen (1916). After him are Bill Wheatley (1909), John Houbolt (1919), George Stoneman (1822), Lawrence Taylor (1959), Mo'Nique (1967), and Brooklyn Decker (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry M. Jackson ranks 772. Before him are John Davis Lodge (1903), John W. Davis (1873), John Canfield Spencer (1788), William Gibbs McAdoo (1863), Trent Lott (1941), and Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900). After him are George Stoneman (1822), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), John Conyers (1929), J. Donald Cameron (1833), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), and Chris Dodd (1944).

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