POLITICIAN

Sheldon Whitehouse

1955 - Today

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Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2007 as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1993 to 1998 as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island and from 1999 to 2003 as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island. In 2006, he was elected to the Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Lincoln Chaffee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheldon Whitehouse has received more than 2,050,805 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Sheldon Whitehouse is the 18,338th most popular politician (down from 16,991st in 2019), the 14,869th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,392nd in 2019) and the 1,109th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 18,338 out of 19,576. Before him are Giorgi Baramidze, Salabat Jung, Jeff Flake, Jose W. Diokno, Tom Udall, and Margus Tsahkna. After him are Dick Thornburgh, James Abdnor, Janine Wissler, Newton Booth, Inés Arrimadas, and Lena Ek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 679. Before him are Raghubar Das, Catherine Asaro, Linda Martín Alcoff, Raymond Benson, Darrell Hammond, and David J. Tholen. After him are René Valenzuela, José Pilar Reyes, Flip Saunders, John Paulson, Gedde Watanabe, and Lusia Harris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 14,869 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Flake (1962), Tom Udall (1948), Bitsie Tulloch (1981), Harvey Glance (1957), Greg Baker (1968), and Torrie Wilson (1975). After him are Peggie Castle (1927), Mark Manson (1984), Tracee Ellis Ross (1972), Tiffany Haddish (1979), Malese Jow (1991), and Mary Carey (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 1,109. Before him are Cindy Hyde-Smith (1959), Claire McCaskill (1953), William M. Daley (1948), Catherine Cortez Masto (1964), Jeff Flake (1962), and Tom Udall (1948). After him are Dick Thornburgh (1932), James Abdnor (1923), Newton Booth (1825), Brock Adams (1927), Jim Doyle (1945), and Eliot Engel (1947).

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