POLITICIAN

Jim Garrison

1921 - 1992

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James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the prosecution of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw to that effect in 1969, which ended in Shaw's acquittal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Garrison has received more than 2,183,190 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jim Garrison is the 5,927th most popular politician (up from 8,599th in 2019), the 1,893rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,050th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jim Garrison ranks 5,927 out of 19,576Before him are Cyrus Vance, Boris Pugo, Sayf al-Din Ghazi I, Kandalanu, Emperor Daigo, and Lennart Bernadotte. After him are Tai Geng, Wolfgang Schüssel, Imad Mughniyah, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Brigitte Bierlein, and Emperor Taizong of Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jim Garrison ranks 97Before him are Donna Reed, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, Herta Bothe, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Ariel Ramírez. After him are Raymond Goethals, Neslişah Sultan, Nino Manfredi, Hans Albert, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Mary Douglas. Among people deceased in 1992, Jim Garrison ranks 65Before him are Nureddin al-Atassi, Koča Popović, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Princess Margaret of Denmark, Judith Anderson, and José Ferrer. After him are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Allen Newell, Banine, Albert King, and Väinö Linna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Garrison ranks 1,893 out of 20,380Before him are Jeff Kinney (1971), Brad Davis (1949), Ron Paul (1935), Charles W. Morris (1903), Cyrus Vance (1917), and Victor French (1934). After him are Liv Tyler (1977), Edward T. Hall (1914), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Gary Busey (1944), Louis Zamperini (1917), and Don Murray (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jim Garrison ranks 130Before him are William Walker (1824), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Sam Houston (1793), Ben Carson (1951), Ron Paul (1935), and Cyrus Vance (1917). After him are Henry A. Wallace (1888), Avery Brundage (1887), Pontiac (1714), Samuel Adams (1722), Hubert Humphrey (1911), and William H. Seward (1801).