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Richard Russell Jr.

1897 - 1971

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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 to 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Russell Jr. has received more than 1,154,490 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard Russell Jr. is the 17,586th most popular politician (down from 16,301st in 2019), the 12,692nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,311th in 2019) and the 872nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Russell Jr. ranks 17,586 out of 19,576. Before him are Inger Støjberg, Aysen Nikolayev, Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Takeaki Matsumoto, George S. Boutwell, and Bjarni Friðriksson. After him are John Davis Lodge, Abdulla Shahid, Tommy Tuberville, Ivans Klementjevs, Ray LaHood, and Siaosi Sovaleni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Richard Russell Jr. ranks 310. Before him are Naomi Mitchison, Cecil Parker, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert Riskin, Muriel Freeman, and William Gott. After him are John Laurie, Jerome Cowan, Dorothy Peterson, Sohrab Modi, and Doris Kenyon. Among people deceased in 1971, Richard Russell Jr. ranks 249. Before him are Thomas Gomez, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Walter Byron, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Ogden Nash, and Edward Andrade. After him are Libby Holman, Edmund Lowe, Jennison Heaton, Lucien Hubbard, Raymond Hatton, and Stevie Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Russell Jr. ranks 12,692 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrea Anders (1975), Robert Bork (1927), Walter Payton (1954), Sid Wilson (1977), George S. Boutwell (1818), and Dylan Minnette (1996). After him are Charlie Callas (1924), Sandy West (1959), John Davis Lodge (1903), Travis Kelce (1989), Quinton Jackson (1978), and Charles Murray (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Russell Jr. ranks 872. Before him are John Lindsay (1921), P. B. S. Pinchback (1837), John W. Davis (1873), Brad Little (1954), Caesar Rodney (1728), and George S. Boutwell (1818). After him are John Davis Lodge (1903), Tommy Tuberville (1954), Ray LaHood (1945), Gabriel Moore (1785), Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912), and Greg Gianforte (1961).

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