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Christine Todd Whitman

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Christine Temple Whitman (née Todd; born September 26, 1946) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. As of 2025, Whitman is the only woman to have served as governor of New Jersey. Born in New York City to a Republican political family, Whitman graduated from Wheaton College in 1968 and began her political career in the Nixon administration's Office of Economic Opportunity. After coming within three percentage points of unseating U.S. Senator Bill Bradley in 1990, she ran for governor of New Jersey, defeating Democratic incumbent Jim Florio. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Todd Whitman is the 18,833rd most popular politician (down from 18,774th in 2019), the 16,494th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,356th in 2019) and the 1,340th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christine Todd Whitman ranks 18,833 out of 19,576. Before her are Angela Rayner, Kristina Schröder, Aki Takayama, Ville Niinistö, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Joseph Cao. After her are Todd Akin, Drest Gurthinmoch, Sylvi Listhaug, Irina Lobacheva, Glauk Konjufca, and Jeppe Kofod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Christine Todd Whitman ranks 819. Before her are John Hollins, Johnny Crawford, Bobby Rush, Don Chaney, Terry Hart, and Bishan Singh Bedi. After her are Nalini Malani, David Sadler, Ron Boone, William Frederick Fisher, Don Siegelman, and Tom Hicks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christine Todd Whitman ranks 16,501 out of 20,380. Before her are Derrick Coleman (1967), Jason Richardson (1986), Rebecca Soni (1987), Vincent Piazza (1976), Rachel Dratch (1966), and Vinny Del Negro (1966). After her are Jennifer Sky (1976), Josh Kelley (1980), Reggie Bullock (1991), Brande Roderick (1974), Troy McLawhorn (1968), and William Goldsmith (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Christine Todd Whitman ranks 1,340. Before her are Keith Ellison (1963), Kevin Stitt (1972), Eric Holcomb (1968), Bennie Thompson (1948), Zoe Lofgren (1947), and Pete Aguilar (1979). After her are Todd Akin (1947), Lawton Chiles (1930), Darrell Issa (1953), Mark Udall (1950), Matt Gaetz (1982), and John Ensign (1958).

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