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Nancy Kassebaum

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Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker. With her victory in the 1978 U.S. Senate election in Kansas, Kassebaum entered the national spotlight as the only woman in the U.S. Senate, and as the first woman to represent Kansas. She was also the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without her husband having previously served in Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Kassebaum is the 7,506th most popular politician (up from 18,063rd in 2019), the 2,740th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,047th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nancy Kassebaum ranks 7,506 out of 19,576. Before her are Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, Jorge Alessandri, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Roland Bonaparte, Alexander Bortnikov, and Philip William, Prince of Orange. After her are Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Ferenc Gyulay, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and Justo José de Urquiza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Nancy Kassebaum ranks 136. Before her are Dušan Makavejev, Charly Gaul, Margarita Xhepa, Félix Malloum, Dhirubhai Ambani, and Branko Lustig. After her are Paul Virilio, Tom Kibble, Guillermo Mordillo, Marisa Pavan, Dino Sani, and Zózimo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kassebaum ranks 2,740 out of 20,380. Before her are Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), Mitch McConnell (1942), Bo Diddley (1928), John Sullivan (1740), R. Kelly (1967), and Donald Glover (1983). After her are Ivan Sutherland (1938), Tanya Roberts (1955), Richard Ford (1944), Gloria Steinem (1934), Paul Revere (1735), and Alfred Vail (1807).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Nancy Kassebaum ranks 230. Before her are Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), Henry Wilson (1812), Eugene Meyer (1875), and Mitch McConnell (1942). After her are Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Cochise (1805), and Loretta Lynch (1959).

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