POLITICIAN

Jeremiah Denton

1924 - 2014

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Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to a Senate seat in Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeremiah Denton has received more than 2,615,873 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jeremiah Denton is the 16,915th most popular politician (down from 15,498th in 2019), the 10,925th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,116th in 2019) and the 720th most popular American Politician.

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  • 16

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  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeremiah Denton ranks 16,915 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Max Bellerive, Nell Arthur, Jeremy Hunt, Donald Dewar, Jim Inhofe, and Marianne Thyssen. After him are Bill Weld, Theodore Katsanevas, Djimrangar Dadnadji, Valeria Ciavatta, Gianuario Carta, and Sak Kʼukʼ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jeremiah Denton ranks 463. Before him are Hugh Huxley, Frank Church, Sam Jones, Georges Dransart, Wally Cox, and Paulo Muwanga. After him are Joy Page, Ron Staniforth, Nek Chand, William H. Gass, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, and Terry Southern. Among people deceased in 2014, Jeremiah Denton ranks 485. Before him are Mónica Spear, Dick Jones, André Buffière, Edward Clancy, L'Wren Scott, and Kate O'Mara. After him are Rinnat Safin, Irene Fernandez, William H. Dana, Bill Mulliken, Jimmy T. Murakami, and Andriy Husin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeremiah Denton ranks 10,925 out of 20,380. Before him are Clifton Collins Jr. (1970), Francis George (1937), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Slide Hampton (1932), and Stephen Schwartz (1948). After him are Floyd Landis (1975), Steven Lindsey (1960), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Bill Weld (1945), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), and Billy Higgins (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeremiah Denton ranks 720. Before him are Jay Inslee (1951), Josiah Bartlett (1729), Andrew Young (1932), Jake Garn (1932), Nell Arthur (1837), and Jim Inhofe (1934). After him are Bill Weld (1945), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Ted Sorensen (1928), J. Donald Cameron (1833), Pat Brown (1905), and William Samuel Johnson (1727).

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