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Patricia Roberts Harris

1924 - 1985

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Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th United States secretary of health and human services from 1979 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. Born and raised in Illinois, She previously served as the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 1965 to 1967 under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her public career, Harris was a trailblazer for women and people of color to hold a number of positions, including the first African American woman and woman of color ever to serve in a presidential cabinet and the first woman and person of color appointed to two different presidential cabinet positions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Patricia Roberts Harris is the 17,233rd most popular politician (up from 17,506th in 2024), the 11,435th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,534th in 2019) and the 870th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 17,233 out of 19,576. Before her are John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Leonard Orban, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, Andrew Holness, Frits Goedgedrag, and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni. After her are Erkki Liikanen, Mamuka Bakhtadze, Jim Webb, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Malcolm MacDonald, and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 474. Before her are Joe Gaetjens, Tapan Sinha, Georges Dransart, Wally Cox, Bill Smith, and Carole Cook. After her are William H. Gass, George Amick, Ron Staniforth, Vicki Draves, Ivan Udodov, and Ralph Miliband. Among people deceased in 1985, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 264. Before her are Leatrice Joy, Mikhail Gromov, Nelson Riddle, Pál Teleki, Dinara Asanova, and Carlos P. Romulo. After her are Maurice Podoloff, Jan Peka, Albert Maltz, Coral Buttsworth, Gladys Egan, and Alvah Bessie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 11,437 out of 20,380. Before her are David Hyde Pierce (1959), Gracie Allen (1895), Jonathan Richman (1951), John Allen Nelson (1959), Maurice Stokes (1933), and Dan Henderson (1970). After her are Jack Ragland (1913), Paul Orndorff (1949), Bob Uecker (1934), Peter Erskine (1954), Les Baxter (1922), and Jim Webb (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 870. Before her are Barbara Jordan (1936), Horatio Seymour (1810), Bob Kerrey (1943), Francis James Child (1825), Buddy MacKay (1933), and Charles J. Folger (1818). After her are Jim Webb (1946), Alfred Lindley (1904), William R. Day (1849), Leonard Wood (1860), William Eustis (1753), and John J. Crittenden (1787).

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