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Jeremiah Denton

1924 - 2014

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Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and United States Navy two-star admiral who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to a Senate seat in Alabama. During the Vietnam War, Denton spent almost eight years as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after the A-6 Intruder he was piloting suffered severe damage resulting from a defective bomb, which detonated as he released his payload in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeremiah Denton is the 16,893rd most popular politician (up from 16,912th in 2019), the 10,748th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,929th in 2019) and the 819th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Jeremiah Denton ranks 16,893 out of 19,576. Before him are John Delaney, Joe Williams, Hermann Martens, Luciano Burti, István Tarlós, and Choe Son-hui. After him are Ken Dryden, Oksana Markarova, Saufatu Sopoanga, Jonathan Dayton, Mickey Kantor, and Štefan Füle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jeremiah Denton ranks 456. Before him are Bette Nesmith Graham, Frank Press, Stanley Jaki, Mark Lenard, Sam Jones, and Hugh Huxley. After him are Jocelyne LaGarde, Earl Scruggs, Jackie Milburn, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Jack Weston, and Harvey Kurtzman. Among people deceased in 2014, Jeremiah Denton ranks 481. Before him are Ghiță Licu, Ralph Giordano, Howard Baker, Peter Matthiessen, Patrice Wymore, and Uroš Marović. After him are Wayne Static, Stanisław Barańczak, Álex Angulo, Iveta Bartošová, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, and Franca Falcucci.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeremiah Denton ranks 10,750 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Bush (1981), Sylvia Robinson (1935), Andy Jassy (1968), Tim LaHaye (1926), Joseph Kruskal (1928), and Alex Raymond (1909). After him are Mark Manson (1984), Geoffrey Arend (1978), Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Irving Pichel (1891), and Christy Canyon (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeremiah Denton ranks 819. Before him are John Thune (1961), Elizabeth Dole (1936), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Gary Hart (1936), Neil Abercrombie (1938), and John Delaney (1963). After him are Jonathan Dayton (1760), Mickey Kantor (1939), Max Baucus (1941), Edward Brooke (1919), Keen Johnson (1896), and Stanley Wagner (1908).

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