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Brock Adams

1927 - 2004

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Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member from the state of Washington, Adams served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington for U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1964, a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Washington's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1977, the 5th United States Secretary of Transportation from 1977 to 1979, and a member of the United States Senate. He was forced to retire in January 1993 due to public and widespread sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape allegations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brock Adams is the 18,473rd most popular politician (down from 18,315th in 2024), the 15,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,889th in 2019) and the 1,185th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Brock Adams ranks 18,473 out of 19,576. Before him are Anton Vaino, Newton Booth, Grazia Zafferani, Ralf Krewinkel, Kim Jae-yup, and Anna Kinberg Batra. After him are Jozef Stümpel, Clement Comer Clay, Ahmed Patel, Zbigniew Ziobro, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, and Josefina Vázquez Mota.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Brock Adams ranks 491. Before him are Babatunde Olatunji, Geoffrey Palmer, Paul Eddington, Ralph Beard, Marvin Kaplan, and Chuck Share. After him are Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Annapurna Devi, Slim Dusty, Parkash Singh Badal, Peggy McCay, and Bill Rowling. Among people deceased in 2004, Brock Adams ranks 336. Before him are Max Abramovitz, Richard Biggs, Yash Johar, Hugh Shearer, Atefeh Sahaaleh, and Salvador Laurel. After him are Albeiro Usuriaga, Malika Pukhraj, FannyAnn Eddy, Johnny Warren, Alphonso Ford, and Mikael Ljungberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brock Adams ranks 15,035 out of 20,380. Before him are Valerie Plame (1963), Drew Goddard (1975), Jessica Rothe (1987), Dylan Bruno (1972), J. C. Chandor (1973), and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1969). After him are Brigette Lundy-Paine (1994), Max Thieriot (1988), Jason Gedrick (1965), Fred Tatasciore (1967), Johnny Lewis (1983), and Clement Comer Clay (1789).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Brock Adams ranks 1,185. Before him are William Allen (1803), Ben Cayetano (1939), Christopher C. Miller (1965), Edward Bates (1793), Richard Burr (1955), and Newton Booth (1825). After him are Clement Comer Clay (1789), Bill Clements (1917), Carl Hayden (1877), Jerry Moran (1954), George W. Norris (1861), and Sheldon Whitehouse (1955).

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