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Lloyd Bentsen

1921 - 2006

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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from Texas from 1971 to 1993 and was the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. Born in Mission, Texas, Bentsen graduated from the University of Texas School of Law before serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Lloyd Bentsen is the 15,549th most popular politician (up from 15,727th in 2024), the 8,389th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,515th in 2019) and the 635th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Lloyd Bentsen ranks 15,550 out of 19,576. Before him are Zlatko Tomčić, John Langdon, Artashumara, Gediminas Vagnorius, Isaak Zelensky, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Luis Muñoz Marín. After him are Herneith, Anna Grodzka, James Brady, Alain Krivine, and Mikhail Chigir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lloyd Bentsen ranks 356. Before him are Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Spartaco Bandinelli, Diana Barrymore, Egon Jönsson, Ingvar Gärd, and Ilse Werner. After him are Jimmy Giuffre, Per Berlin, Tommy Noonan, James Cooke Brown, Paul Barth, and Ettore Chimeri. Among people deceased in 2006, Lloyd Bentsen ranks 286. Before him are Ion Drîmbă, Liese Prokop, Ted Grant, Aron Gurevich, Ruth Brown, and Ingvar Gärd. After him are Hans Berglund, Francis Girod, Arthur Lee, Jane Wyatt, Iris Marion Young, and Jan Twardowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lloyd Bentsen ranks 8,392 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Foreman (1914), John Langdon (1741), Laraine Day (1920), Robin Morgan (1941), Milton H. Greene (1922), Betty Field (1913), and Colin Hanks (1977). After him are James Brady (1940), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Duvall Hecht (1930), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986), and Avery Brooks (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lloyd Bentsen ranks 635. Before him are George Tenet (1953), James M. Cox (1870), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Thomas Mifflin (1744), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), and John Langdon (1741). After him are James Brady (1940), John P. Kennedy (1795), Whitney Smith (1940), Hamilton Fish (1808), Robert Bacon (1860), and Henry Dearborn (1751).

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