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Mitch McConnell

1942 - Today

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Addison Mitchell McConnell III (; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader (2007 to 2015 and 2021 to 2025), and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. McConnell holds conservative political positions, although he was known as a pragmatist and a moderate Republican early in his political career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mitch McConnell is the 7,485th most popular politician (down from 5,386th in 2019), the 2,735th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,736th in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mitch McConnell ranks 7,485 out of 19,576. Before him are Yoshida Shōin, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Barbara Jagiellon, Myeongjong of Goryeo, Kassim Majaliwa, and Starina Novak. After him are Nayib Bukele, Jacques Cathelineau, David III of Tao, Samuel Doe, Johann Trollmann, and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Mitch McConnell ranks 183. Before him are Richard Williams, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Ballard, Eliso Virsaladze, Milton Nascimento, and Bill Conti. After him are Gemma Jones, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Gianfranco Ravasi, Jozef Adamec, and Ann Dunham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mitch McConnell ranks 2,735 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Conti (1942), Eugene Meyer (1875), Leroy Anderson (1908), Wallace Shawn (1943), Barbara Eden (1931), and Darryl F. Zanuck (1902). After him are Bo Diddley (1928), John Sullivan (1740), R. Kelly (1967), Donald Glover (1983), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), and Ivan Sutherland (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mitch McConnell ranks 229. Before him are Cus D'Amato (1908), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), Henry Wilson (1812), and Eugene Meyer (1875). After him are Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), and Cochise (1805).

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