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Chuck Schumer

1950 - Today

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Charles Ellis Schumer ( SHOO-mər; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retirement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chuck Schumer is the 9,332nd most popular politician (up from 9,443rd in 2019), the 3,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,267th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chuck Schumer ranks 9,332 out of 19,576Before him are Sourou-Migan Apithy, Ronglu, William Hamilton, Alexandre Deschapelles, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and Bonne of Artois. After him are Amrapali, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Alpaida, Vasily of Kostroma, Lý Thái Tổ, and Eurysthenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Chuck Schumer ranks 178Before him are Thorbjørn Jagland, Anton Ondruš, Andrzej Szarmach, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Richard Dannatt, and Neil Jordan. After him are Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Rebbie Jackson, Mary Hopkin, Nobuo Fujishima, Bah Ndaw, and Otto Pérez Molina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Schumer ranks 3,504 out of 20,380Before him are Scott Brown (1959), Robert Conrad (1935), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Harold E. Varmus (1939), David Doyle (1929), and Madeleine Astor (1893). After him are William Wakefield Baum (1926), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), and Johnny Carson (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Chuck Schumer ranks 300Before him are Harry Dexter White (1892), Florence Harding (1860), Besse Cooper (1896), Peter G. Peterson (1926), Oliver Winchester (1810), and Scott Brown (1959). After him are James F. Byrnes (1882), Barry Goldwater (1909), Bob Casey Jr. (1960), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), John Carney (1956), and Victoria Woodhull (1838).