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Christine Todd Whitman

1946 - Today

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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. 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 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Todd Whitman is the 19,016th most popular politician (down from 18,735th in 2024), the 16,670th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,352nd in 2019) and the 1,345th most popular American Politician.

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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 16,677 out of 20,380. Before her are Rebecca Soni (1987), Jeffrey McLaughlin (1965), Vincent Piazza (1976), Rachel Dratch (1966), Michael Irvin (1966), and Vinny Del Negro (1966). After her are Jennifer Sky (1976), Josh Kelley (1980), Reggie Bullock (1991), Jeff Tremaine (1966), Brande Roderick (1974), and Troy McLawhorn (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Christine Todd Whitman ranks 1,345. 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), Eleni Kounalakis (1966), Lawton Chiles (1930), Darrell Issa (1953), Mark Udall (1950), and Matt Gaetz (1982).

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