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Joe Manchin

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Joseph Anthony Manchin III ( MAN-chin; born August 24, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia from 2010 to 2025. From 2015 until he registered as an independent in 2024, he was West Virginia's only congressional Democrat. Manchin served from 2001 to 2005 as the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia and from 2005 to 2010 as the 34th governor of West Virginia. Before entering politics, he co-founded and was president of Enersystems, his family-owned and operated coal brokerage company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Joe Manchin is the 16,704th most popular politician (down from 14,983rd in 2024), the 10,298th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,431st in 2019) and the 777th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joe Manchin ranks 16,704 out of 19,576. Before him are Elisabetta Casellati, Usha Vance, George M. Bibb, Arthur Barclay, Madhavrao I, and Ted Moore. After him are Emil Jónsson, Dominique Baudis, Raul Khajimba, Desmond Hoyte, Hsiao Bi-khim, and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Joe Manchin ranks 744. Before him are Buddy Miles, Ron Freeman, Hugh N. Kennedy, Debra Mooney, Flemming Jørgensen, and Ivan Zafirov. After him are Dominique Baudis, Roky Erickson, Tomas Pettersson, Eva Ström, Helena Takalo, and Rupert Holmes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Manchin ranks 10,300 out of 20,380. Before him are James Broderick (1927), Jobyna Ralston (1899), Eric Douglas (1958), Hugh Wilson (1943), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), and Ken Shamrock (1964). After him are Pam Shriver (1962), Tara Westover (1986), Sue Carol (1906), Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Roky Erickson (1947), and Howard Hanson (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joe Manchin ranks 777. Before him are Philip Schuyler (1733), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), Marcia Fudge (1952), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), Usha Vance (1986), and George M. Bibb (1776). After him are Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927), George Ryan (1934), Richard Rush (1780), Mark Esper (1964), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), and Tim Kaine (1958).

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