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Mike Espy

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Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, Espy previously served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. In March 2018, Espy announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Thad Cochran. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Espy is the 14,001st most popular politician (up from 19,074th in 2024), the 6,488th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,852nd in 2019) and the 521st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mike Espy ranks 14,001 out of 19,576. Before him are Dragan Tsankov, Raila Odinga, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Jørgen Løvland, Jean Ping, and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz. After him are Tatjana Ždanoka, Catherine Colonna, Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Dubravka Šuica, and Martial Célestin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Mike Espy ranks 288. Before him are Desi Arnaz Jr., Devi Shetty, Ho Ching, Patrick Doyle, Pia Zadora, and Kvitka Cisyk. After him are David Deutsch, Ditmar Jakobs, Hwang Woo-suk, Oliver Ivanović, Zoltán Magyar, and Ladislav Jurkemik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Espy ranks 6,489 out of 20,380. Before him are Ann Dowd (1956), Moses Gunn (1929), Gayle Rubin (1949), Tom Welling (1977), Jerry Sloan (1942), and Jim Steinman (1947). After him are Jackie Wilson (1934), Garrett Hardin (1915), James C. Scott (1936), Amy Brenneman (1964), Richard Marx (1963), and Daryl Hall (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mike Espy ranks 521. Before him are Chief Joseph (1840), Edward Douglass White (1845), Edward Everett (1794), Alger Hiss (1904), Eric Shinseki (1942), and Sargent Shriver (1915). After him are Jane Pierce (1806), Jubal Early (1816), Harry Cohn (1891), Julian Castro (1974), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), and Eugene McCarthy (1916).

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