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Jesse Jackson Jr.

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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse Jackson Jr. has received more than 1,212,975 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jesse Jackson Jr. is the 17,435th most popular politician (down from 15,864th in 2019), the 12,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,044th in 2019) and the 828th most popular American Politician.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 40.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jesse Jackson Jr. ranks 17,435 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis Meznarie, James Abourezk, Aécio Neves, Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Susie Wolff, and Russell Carpenter. After him are Sushilkumar Shinde, Carline Bouw, Dominic Raab, Thomas McKean, Ankhwennefer, and Lurleen Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jesse Jackson Jr. ranks 510. Before him are Hamed Bakayoko, Black Francis, Fernando Gómez, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Joe Arlauckas, and Kazuo Echigo. After him are Mario Frick, Arabian Prince, Pedro Chaves, Alexander Hacke, Christine Elise, and Gustavo Quinteros.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Jackson Jr. ranks 12,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim O'Connor (1927), Crispus Attucks (1723), Rochelle Aytes (1976), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (1977), and Russell Carpenter (1950). After him are Joan Caulfield (1922), John Wright (1909), Natalie Merchant (1963), Jack Smith (1932), Rya Kihlstedt (1970), and Thomas McKean (1734).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jesse Jackson Jr. ranks 828. Before him are Wade Hampton III (1818), Cori Bush (1976), Sherrod Brown (1952), Carter Braxton (1736), James Abourezk (1931), and Russell Carpenter (1950). After him are Thomas McKean (1734), Lurleen Wallace (1926), Betsy DeVos (1958), Charles Magill Conrad (1804), Harry Hines Woodring (1887), and Ron Wyden (1949).

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