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Paula Hawkins

1927 - 2009

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Paula Hawkins (née Fickes; January 24, 1927 – December 4, 2009) was an American politician and community activist who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, she was Florida's first female U.S. senator and the only woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida, as of 2025. She was the first woman elected to a full Senate term without having a close family member who previously served in major public office and the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American South. Born in Utah and raised primarily in Georgia, Hawkins moved to Florida in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paula Hawkins is the 10,780th most popular politician (up from 18,805th in 2019), the 4,229th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,452nd in 2019) and the 366th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paula Hawkins ranks 10,780 out of 19,576. Before her are Barend Biesheuvel, Rupiah Banda, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Constantin Ion Parhon, Publius Vatinius, and Vincent Massey. After her are Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Raymond Roger Trencavel, Ibn al-Qalanisi, Jānis K. Bērziņš, and John W. McCormack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Paula Hawkins ranks 185. Before her are John Ashbery, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Ahmad Jannati, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Ales Adamovich, and Joe Turkel. After her are Gisèle Halimi, Eugene Parker, Patti Page, Per Oscarsson, Florencio Campomanes, and Éva Székely. Among people deceased in 2009, Paula Hawkins ranks 142. Before her are Frank McCourt, Marilyn Chambers, Abdellatif Filali, Karl Koller, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Joseph Wiseman. After her are Natalya Estemirova, Dan O'Bannon, Yoshito Usui, José Torres, Stéphanos II Ghattas, and Venetia Burney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paula Hawkins ranks 4,229 out of 20,380. Before her are K. A. Applegate (1956), Bob King (1906), Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), and Walter Donaldson (1893). After her are Bill Holland (1874), John W. McCormack (1891), Damien Chazelle (1985), Ralph Boston (1939), Ross Perot (1930), and Joe Walsh (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Paula Hawkins ranks 366. Before her are Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Patrick Henry (1736), Sam Webb (1945), Black Hawk (1767), Ralph Nader (1934), and Mark Gordon (1957). After her are John W. McCormack (1891), Ross Perot (1930), Peter T. King (1944), Kelly Craft (1962), Andrew Yang (1975), and Charles J. Guiteau (1841).

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