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Sheldon Whitehouse

1955 - Today

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Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998 and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. A political progressive and climate hawk, Whitehouse became chair of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheldon Whitehouse has received more than 1,866,858 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sheldon Whitehouse is the 17,052nd most popular politician (down from 15,212th in 2019), the 14,431st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,092nd in 2019) and the 1,082nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 17,052 out of 15,577Before him are Roscoe Conkling, Lamar Smith, Alan Cranston, Bob Corker, Danny Philip, and Mike Oxley. After him are Patrick Sensburg, Janja Garnbret, Tom Udall, Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea, Annie Lööf, and Adam Schiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 604Before him are Jerry M. Linenger, Linda Mvusi, Penn Jillette, Kazuhiko Takemoto, Catherine Asaro, and Andy Gray. After him are Sarah English, Vinod Khosla, Dannel Malloy, Donna Gigliotti, Cynthia McKinney, and Gillian Cowley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 14,431 out of 18,182Before him are Camille Guaty (1976), Lela Rochon (1964), Bob Corker (1952), Renée Felice Smith (1985), Mike Oxley (1944), and American McGee (1972). After him are Laura Ingraham (1963), Sam Graddy (1964), Dylan Sprayberry (1998), Shawn Hatosy (1975), Christopher Tin (1976), and Antonio Margarito (1978).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sheldon Whitehouse ranks 1,082Before him are Brock Adams (1927), Roscoe Conkling (1829), Lamar Smith (1947), Alan Cranston (1914), Bob Corker (1952), and Mike Oxley (1944). After him are Tom Udall (1948), Adam Schiff (1960), Haley Barbour (1947), John Danforth (1936), Jerry Moran (1954), and Alcee Hastings (1936).

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