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Jeff Sessions

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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in the administration of President Donald Trump. Trump fired Sessions in 2018 due to his inaction and recusal from the Russian collusion probes. From 1981 to 1993, Sessions served as the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Sessions has received more than 9,633,487 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jeff Sessions is the 15,274th most popular politician (down from 14,146th in 2019), the 7,823rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,407th in 2019) and the 496th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeff Sessions ranks 15,274 out of 19,576. Before him are Jhala Nath Khanal, Dritan Abazović, Leopold Skulski, Dudley Senanayake, Erhard Keller, and Jerónimo de Sousa. After him are Zaman Shah Durrani, Michael Häupl, Julian Castro, Giovanni Palatucci, Pascal Yoadimnadji, and Juan Bravo Murillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jeff Sessions ranks 568. Before him are José Lai, Sergio Gori, Ronnie Lane, Attila Abonyi, Dimitrij Rupel, and Julie Garwood. After him are Giorgos Koudas, Héctor Veira, Jan Werner, Ola Brunkert, Vladimir Gostyukhin, and Christina Maslach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Sessions ranks 7,823 out of 20,380. Before him are John Carmack (1970), Raymond E. Brown (1928), Daniel Henney (1979), Walter Reed (1851), George Thorogood (1950), and Richie Ramone (1957). After him are Cathy Ferguson (1948), Brian Setzer (1959), Cindy Williams (1947), Peter Jurasik (1950), Thomas Calabro (1959), and Elisabeth Moss (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeff Sessions ranks 496. Before him are Earl Browder (1891), James Brady (1940), Eugene Meyer (1875), John W. Snow (1939), Billy Cunningham (1943), and DeWitt Clinton (1769). After him are Julian Castro (1974), Dick Durbin (1944), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jean Carnahan (1933), Robert A. Lovett (1895), and Melville Fuller (1833).

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