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Stuart Symington

1901 - 1988

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William Stuart Symington III ( SY-ming-tən; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Symington worked as an executive in his uncle's iron products company and for other companies before becoming president of Emerson Electric. He resigned from Emerson in 1945 to take various positions in the administration of President Harry S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stuart Symington has received more than 375,897 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stuart Symington is the 17,176th most popular politician (down from 16,817th in 2019), the 11,601st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,867th in 2019) and the 770th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stuart Symington ranks 17,176 out of 19,576. Before him are Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Samuel Osgood, Amy Klobuchar, David Amess, and Fofi Gennimata. After him are Derog Gioura, Sahana Pradhan, Sun Zhengcai, Elyes Fakhfakh, Hrant Bagratyan, and António Vitorino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Stuart Symington ranks 346. Before him are Chester Morris, Rudy Vallée, George Tobias, Nikolai Khmelyov, Paul Martin, and H. Bruce Humberstone. After him are George Moorhouse, Martin Schröttle, Francisco Guilledo, Deborah Snyder, William Daniels, and Dunc Munro. Among people deceased in 1988, Stuart Symington ranks 263. Before him are Alf Martinsen, John Clellon Holmes, Bob Steele, Kenneth Williams, Daws Butler, and Patrick Steptoe. After him are István Klimek, Brook Benton, Nikolai Sologubov, Leonard Frey, Florence Eldridge, and Zubeida.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stuart Symington ranks 11,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Leavell (1952), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Peyton Manning (1976), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), Amy Pietz (1969), and Harry Connick Jr. (1967). After him are Harry Edison (1915), Nora Dunn (1952), Cynthia Watros (1968), Jeff Berlin (1953), Robert L. Stewart (1942), and Donna D'Errico (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Stuart Symington ranks 770. Before him are Margaret Chase Smith (1897), Jon Kyl (1942), Mike Gravel (1930), Gaylord Nelson (1916), Samuel Osgood (1747), and Amy Klobuchar (1960). After him are Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), Tom Carper (1947), Caleb Cushing (1800), Mike Mansfield (1903), Hiram Fong (1906), and Mark Hanna (1837).

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