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Mark Dayton

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Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Minnesota from 2011 to 2019. He served as a United States Senator representing Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 and as Minnesota State Auditor from 1991 to 1995. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Dayton is the great-grandson of businessman George Dayton, the founder of Dayton's, a department store that later became the Target Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Mark Dayton is the 17,959th most popular politician (down from 17,770th in 2024), the 13,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,325th in 2019) and the 1,028th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mark Dayton ranks 17,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicola Zingaretti, Alan Gagloev, Markus Büchel, John Conyers, John Hickenlooper, and Veerasamy Ringadoo. After him are Marion Maréchal, Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Maud Olofsson, Luisa González, John W. Geary, and Davit Bakradze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mark Dayton ranks 845. Before him are Andrew Parrott, Marit Nybakk, Chris Stringer, Jana Bellin, Deidre Hall, and Usha Uthup. After him are Simi Garewal, Bob Weir, Tamara Dobson, John Stossel, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, and Ajit Pal Singh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Dayton ranks 13,482 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Goldstein (1964), Bryan Burk (1968), John Conyers (1929), John Hickenlooper (1952), Maribel Vinson (1911), and Jan Davis (1953). After him are Ivan Ilić (1978), Bernard Williams (1978), Lea DeLaria (1958), Eastman Johnson (1824), Gina Philips (1970), and Matt Anderson (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mark Dayton ranks 1,028. Before him are Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), Milton Latham (1827), Simon Cameron (1799), John Conyers (1929), and John Hickenlooper (1952). After him are John W. Geary (1819), Elizabeth May (1954), Harold L. Ickes (1874), Avril Haines (1969), Smith Thompson (1768), and William P. Fessenden (1806).

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