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Mike Castle

1939 - 2025

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Michael Newbold Castle (July 2, 1939 – August 14, 2025) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992, Lieutenant Governor from 1981 to 1985, and as a member of the Delaware General Assembly from 1967 to 1977. As of 2025, Castle was the most recent Republican to represent Delaware in the U.S. Congress and the last Republican to have been elected governor of the state. The district Castle represented includes the entire state of Delaware and is the oldest intact surviving district in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mike Castle is the 12,786th most popular politician (up from 18,755th in 2024), the 5,522nd most popular biography from United States (up from 16,419th in 2019) and the 458th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Mike Castle ranks 12,787 out of 19,576. Before him are Said Mohamed Djohar, Joshua Nkomo, Marc-Émile Ruchet, Ólafur Thors, Beau Biden, Gualberto Villarroel, and An Dương Vương. After him are Mark White, Patrick Hillery, Louis Michel, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, and Oh Se-hoon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Mike Castle ranks 294. Before him are Merab Kostava, Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Janusz Gajos, Ljiljana Petrović, Charles Jencks, and Peter Mayle. After him are Roy Buchanan, James Galway, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Renate Boy, Marie-Claire Blais, and José Emilio Pacheco. Among people deceased in 2025, Mike Castle ranks 253. Before him are Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Sally Kirkland, Sulochana Gadgil, Mohammed Sinwar, Jack DeJohnette, and Calistrat Cuțov. After him are Paul Day, Joan Harrison, Udo Voigt, Russell M. Nelson, Clem Burke, and Nina Grebeshkova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Castle ranks 5,522 out of 20,380. Before him are Janet Hubert (1956), Beau Biden (1969), Diana Hyland (1936), Pat McCormick (1930), Saul Zaentz (1921), and Tommy Dorsey (1905). After him are Mark White (1940), Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Allen Iverson (1975), Sammy Gravano (1945), and Roy Buchanan (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mike Castle ranks 458. Before him are John Hay (1838), Fred Thompson (1942), Roger Marshall (1960), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Jack Sharkey (1902), and Beau Biden (1969). After him are Mark White (1940), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Daniel Webster (1782), Glenn Youngkin (1966), Sarah Sanders (1982), and Tom Perez (1961).

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