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Wendell Ford

1924 - 2015

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Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of the United States Senate for 24 years from 1974 to 1999. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and United States senator in Kentucky history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendell Ford has received more than 232,800 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wendell Ford is the 17,314th most popular politician (down from 15,619th in 2019), the 11,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,457th in 2019) and the 803rd most popular American Politician.

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  • 22

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wendell Ford ranks 17,314 out of 19,576. Before him are John Boozman, Safra Catz, Natalya Petrusyova, David Ige, William Hooper, and Peyton Randolph. After him are Martín Vázquez, John Kennedy, Shashi Tharoor, Bruce Golding, Sofia Sakorafa, and William Paca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Wendell Ford ranks 477. Before him are Tapan Sinha, Louie Bellson, Jimmy Rogers, Vajiha Samadova, Mal Whitfield, and Jo Benkow. After him are Frank Press, Lucky Thompson, Brenda Helser, Frank Havens, Annemarie Buchner, and János Urányi. Among people deceased in 2015, Wendell Ford ranks 485. Before him are Ron Springett, Adelina Gutiérrez, Jurelang Zedkaia, Wilfred Agbonavbare, Don Howe, and Edward Egan. After him are Mikhail Burtsev, Wolfram Wuttke, Linda Haglund, Miloslava Misáková, Peter Pišťanek, and Mel Daniels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendell Ford ranks 11,931 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931), James Lipton (1926), Dean Winters (1964), Gil Shaham (1971), Crystal Reed (1985), and Will Forte (1970). After him are Crystal Waters (1964), Frank Faylen (1905), Paul Kelly (1899), Earl Hooker (1930), Robert D. Cabana (1949), and John Kennedy (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wendell Ford ranks 803. Before him are Robert Toombs (1810), Mike Enzi (1944), John Boozman (1950), David Ige (1957), William Hooper (1742), and Peyton Randolph (1721). After him are John Kennedy (1951), William Paca (1740), Doug Burgum (1956), Walter Forward (1786), Mike DeWine (1947), and Philip Francis Thomas (1810).

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