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Dixy Lee Ray

1914 - 1994

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Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. Variously described as idiosyncratic and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. She was a supporter of atomic energy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dixy Lee Ray is the 18,678th most popular politician (down from 18,602nd in 2024), the 15,552nd most popular biography from United States (up from 15,885th in 2019) and the 1,240th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Dixy Lee Ray ranks 18,678 out of 19,576. Before her are Alexander Khloponin, Vera C. Bushfield, Shukria Barakzai, Uma Bharti, Ingrid Haringa, and Michael Bennet. After her are Harini Amarasuriya, Rafael Guijosa, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Albert Rivera, Jorge Arreaza, and Andrew Card.

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Among people born in 1914, Dixy Lee Ray ranks 420. Before her are Joan Marsh, Fred Clark, Randall Jarrell, Alan Cranston, Laurie Lee, and Gerald Mohr. After her are Frances Reid, Howard K. Smith, and Joan Littlewood. Among people deceased in 1994, Dixy Lee Ray ranks 365. Before her are Sándor Schwartz, Whina Cooper, Frances Gifford, Janis Carter, Hal Smith, and Heather Sears. After her are Eric Linden, Dennis Morgan, Vladimír Podzimek, Cleanth Brooks, Dennis Potter, and Raich Carter.

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dixy Lee Ray ranks 1,240. Before her are John Kitzhaber (1947), B. B. Comer (1848), Vincent C. Gray (1942), John Chafee (1922), James Abdnor (1923), and Vera C. Bushfield (1889). After her are Andrew Card (1947), Brian Goodell (1959), Phil Bryant (1954), Jim DeMint (1951), Denis McDonough (1969), and Richard Schweiker (1926).

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