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Gary Peters

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Gary Charles Peters (born December 1, 1958) is an American politician, lawyer, and former naval officer serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district, which included the eastern half of Detroit, the Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Southfield, and Pontiac, from 2009 to 2015 (the district was Michigan's 9th congressional district until 2013). Peters served as Michigan's junior U.S. senator from 2015 to 2025. Upon U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow's retirement in January 2025, Peters succeeded her as the state's senior U.S. senator and the dean of Michigan's congressional delegation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Gary Peters is the 11,113th most popular politician (up from 18,638th in 2024), the 4,427th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,996th in 2019) and the 378th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gary Peters ranks 11,113 out of 19,576. Before him are Hai Rui, Irakli Kobakhidze, H. C. Hansen, Viktor Kingissepp, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, and Moshe Sanbar. After him are Charles de Broqueville, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Svetozar Marović, Luís Montenegro, Nikola Gruevski, and Óscar Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Gary Peters ranks 133. Before him are Yoshito Usui, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kevin Sorbo, Gennady Padalka, Luísa Diogo, and Didier Auriol. After him are Eddie Lawson, Luis Guillermo Solís, Domenico Dolce, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Cindy Kiro, and Oscar Schmidt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Peters ranks 4,427 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Richard Carpenter (1946), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), and Deke Slayton (1924). After him are William Zabka (1965), Daron Malakian (1975), Harry Harlow (1905), Robert Mulligan (1925), Arnold Gesell (1880), and David Alan Grier (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gary Peters ranks 378. Before him are Harriet Lane (1830), Robert Lansing (1864), Abigail Fillmore (1798), Gavin Newsom (1967), Stacey Abrams (1973), and Fritz Hollings (1922). After him are Eddie Lawson (1958), Nick Bollettieri (1931), William P. Rogers (1913), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), and Lori Lightfoot (1962).

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