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Peter Fitzgerald

1960 - Today

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Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 1999 to 2005. Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Fitzgerald has received more than 12,501 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Fitzgerald is the 18,375th most popular politician (down from 17,023rd in 2019), the 14,969th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,497th in 2019) and the 1,130th most popular American Politician.

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  • 19

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  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 18,375 out of 19,576Before him are Ryan Zinke, Jim Clyburn, John Slidell, Audrey Patterson, Jozef Stümpel, and Smriti Irani. After him are Aleksandr Konovalov, Adam Schiff, Nikola Lončar, Ryszard Wolny, Mark Meadows, and Khandu Wangchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 724Before him are Vicki Lewis, Wallace Roney, Steve Blum, April Winchell, Prvoslav Vujcic, and Hiromi Taniguchi. After him are Adam Schiff, Douglas H. Wheelock, Ni Yulan, Bernard Rose, Marina Kosheveya, and Jack Markell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 14,969 out of 20,380Before him are John Slidell (1793), Audrey Patterson (1926), Stephen Thompson (1983), Michael Cuesta (1963), The Sandman (1963), and Mageina Tovah (1979). After him are Walter Berry (1964), Leo Carrillo (1880), Alex Kendrick (1970), Mary Scheer (1963), Jennifer Holland (1987), and Adam Schiff (1960).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 1,130Before him are Paul Tsongas (1941), Phil Scott (1958), Ryan Zinke (1961), Jim Clyburn (1940), John Slidell (1793), and Audrey Patterson (1926). After him are Adam Schiff (1960), Pete Domenici (1932), Jacky Rosen (1957), Paul Fannin (1907), Jack Markell (1960), and Mike Braun (1954).