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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeremiah Denton is the 16,943rd most popular politician (down from 16,902nd in 2024), the 10,761st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,926th in 2019) and the 821st most popular American Politician.

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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 10,769 out of 20,380. Before him are Virgil Abloh (1980), Tracy McGrady (1979), Kimmy Robertson (1954), Ken Burns (1953), Erin Heatherton (1989), Chris Broderick (1970), Barbara Bush (1981), Sylvia Robinson (1935), Andy Jassy (1968), Tim LaHaye (1926), Joseph Kruskal (1928), and Alex Raymond (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeremiah Denton ranks 821. 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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