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Dick Durbin

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Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic Whip (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. He is the longest-serving Democratic whip since the position was established in 1913. Durbin chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2021 to 2025, and led the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Dick Durbin is the 15,782nd most popular politician (down from 15,272nd in 2024), the 8,666th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,838th in 2019) and the 664th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Dick Durbin ranks 15,781 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikki Haley, William Livingston, Iurie Leancă, Suen-magir, and Abu Sayeed Chowdhury. After him are Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Aires Ali, Theodelap of Spoleto, Asha-Rose Migiro, Józef Pińkowski, Juan Francisco de Vidal, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Dick Durbin ranks 562. Before him are Igor Tselovalnikov, Aman Tuleyev, Lorne Michaels, Chris Roberts, Rodolfo Fischer, and Yuriy Istomin. After him are Kitty Winn, Dejan Dabović, Michael Franks, Lew Rockwell, Nelson Acosta, and Albin Planinc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 8,667 out of 20,380. Before him are Nikki Haley (1972), Joseph Polchinski (1954), William Livingston (1723), Willard Metcalf (1858), and James Best (1926). After him are Lewis Stone (1879), Charlotte Rae (1926), Jonathan Brandis (1976), Bronson Pinchot (1959), Buddy DeFranco (1923), Avery Dulles (1918), and Kitty Winn (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 664. Before him are George Voinovich (1936), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Doug Burgum (1956), Tom Hayden (1939), Nikki Haley (1972), and William Livingston (1723). After him are David Dinkins (1927), William Colby (1920), Richard Neal (1949), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jim McGovern (1959), and Lee Friedlander (1934).

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