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Jay Rockefeller

1937 - Today

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John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966–1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Rockefeller has received more than 2,465,182 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Rockefeller is the 8,126th most popular politician (up from 9,082nd in 2019), the 2,687th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,265th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 2.5M

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  • 61.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jay Rockefeller ranks 8,126 out of 19,576. Before him are Geng Ding, Ferdinand von Bredow, Aleksey Arakcheyev, Iwakura Tomomi, Sōsuke Uno, and Cunimund. After him are Orio Mastropiero, Fradique de Menezes, Francisco Guterres, Amenemhet VI, Wo Ding, and Achille Varzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jay Rockefeller ranks 144. Before him are Monkey Punch, Valentin Bondarenko, Dan Shomron, John Kennedy Toole, Tung Chee-hwa, and Mintimer Shaimiev. After him are Waylon Jennings, Francisco Gabica, Marie Dubois, Eduard Uspensky, Eduard Streltsov, and Facundo Cabral.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Rockefeller ranks 2,687 out of 20,380. Before him are Flannery O'Connor (1925), Suzanne Vega (1959), Laura Linney (1964), Philip Sheridan (1831), Ronald Evans (1933), and Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914). After him are Larry David (1947), Waylon Jennings (1937), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Anna May Wong (1905), Lizzie Borden (1860), and Linda Kozlowski (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jay Rockefeller ranks 172. Before him are John C. Calhoun (1782), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Robert Gates (1943), Kamehameha III (1814), and Lew Wallace (1827). After him are William Joyce (1906), Ronald Lauder (1944), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Ralph Nader (1934), Edith Roosevelt (1861), and Robert H. Jackson (1892).

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