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Peter Fitzgerald

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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. He had previously served in the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Peter Fitzgerald is the 18,180th most popular politician (up from 18,344th in 2024), the 14,191st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,977th in 2019) and the 1,095th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 18,180 out of 19,576. Before him are Stephanie Murphy, Nicky Morgan, Alberto Gonzales, Eka Tkeshelashvili, Hakeem Jeffries, and Magdalena Álvarez. After him are Grete Faremo, Sam Rayburn, Christophe Castaner, Nellie McClung, Danny Philip, and Beatrice Ask.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 761. Before him are Igor Ponomaryov, Axel Prahl, Zhou Qiang, Miguel Bossio, Otakar Janecký, and Henry Tillman. After him are Gheorghe Dogărescu, Alexander Chernin, Pedro Zerolo, Sólveig Anspach, Angela Ahrendts, and Pär Arvidsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 14,195 out of 20,380. Before him are Hakeem Jeffries (1970), Nicolas Jaar (1990), Theresa Saldana (1954), Young Maylay (1979), Sarah Caldwell (1924), and Gabourey Sidibe (1983). After him are Michael Porter Jr. (1998), Matt Dallas (1982), DeMar DeRozan (1989), Tim Gunn (1953), Pete Davidson (1993), and Ben Alexander (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Peter Fitzgerald ranks 1,095. Before him are Craig L. Thomas (1933), Tommy Thompson (1941), Russell A. Alger (1836), Alexander Martin (1740), Alberto Gonzales (1955), and Hakeem Jeffries (1970). After him are Sam Rayburn (1882), Lincoln Chafee (1953), Robert Smalls (1839), Shelley Moore Capito (1953), John B. Weller (1812), and Ben Nelson (1941).

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