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Maxine Waters

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Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance. A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is in her 18th House term. She is the most senior of the 13 black women serving in Congress, and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Maxine Waters is the 17,502nd most popular politician (up from 18,083rd in 2024), the 12,182nd most popular biography from United States (up from 14,192nd in 2019) and the 922nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maxine Waters ranks 17,502 out of 19,576. Before her are Sergey Baburin, Asa Hutchinson, William Lyon Mackenzie, Jean Ravelonarivo, Jutta Urpilainen, and Jay Inslee. After her are Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mridula Sinha, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chimediin Saikhanbileg, Kari Traa, and You Si-kun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Maxine Waters ranks 579. Before her are Angus MacLise, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Peter Westbury, Dawn Wells, Kathy Kirby, and Eduard Ivanov. After her are Aldo Valentini, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Richard Lerner, Bobby Charles, Caryl Churchill, and David Singmaster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxine Waters ranks 12,185 out of 20,380. Before her are Shauna Grant (1963), Norman Johnson (1930), Ed Boon (1964), Jay Inslee (1951), Bosley Crowther (1905), and Mike Mullane (1945). After her are Christopher Masterson (1980), Patricia Tallman (1957), Paul Kelly (1899), Xavier Woods (1986), Herbert Flam (1928), and Benjamin Morrell (1795).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Maxine Waters ranks 922. Before her are Tip O'Neill (1912), Louis A. Johnson (1891), George Santos (1988), Richard J. Terrile (1951), Asa Hutchinson (1950), and Jay Inslee (1951). After her are Cathy McMorris Rodgers (1969), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), Carl Levin (1934), Jim Bunning (1931), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), and Frank Lautenberg (1924).

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