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Robert Byrd

1917 - 2010

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Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd is the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and in both chambers of Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Robert Byrd is the 13,452nd most popular politician (down from 13,282nd in 2024), the 6,020th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,545th in 2019) and the 485th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Byrd ranks 13,452 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmad Samani, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, Raymond Ndong Sima, Émile Eddé, Ramsewak Shankar, and José López Domínguez. After him are Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, John I de la Roche, Gheorghe Bibescu, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, and Geoffrey I of Provence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Byrd ranks 204. Before him are Lev Kerbel, Inge Scholl, Charles Drake, Minoru Chiaki, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, and Ann Rutherford. After him are J. L. Mackie, Yvette Chauviré, Olga Sanfirova, Steno, Tetyana Yablonska, and Helena Rasiowa. Among people deceased in 2010, Robert Byrd ranks 238. Before him are Gheorghe Apostol, Marie Osborne Yeats, Geoffrey Burbidge, Zoltán Varga, Ronald Neame, and Imre Polyák. After him are Dixie Carter, Nelly Landry, Jamie Gillis, Stephen J. Cannell, Abbey Lincoln, and Jean Rollin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Byrd ranks 6,020 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Clarke (1951), Braun Strowman (1983), Vinnie Paul (1964), Armand van Helden (1970), MC Hammer (1962), and Charles Avery (1873). After him are Joseph Grew (1880), JoAnna Garcia (1979), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Gregory Hoblit (1944), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), and Vic Seixas (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Byrd ranks 485. Before him are Jay Garner (1938), Lucretia Garfield (1832), Oliver North (1943), Pete Rose (1941), Robert Zoellick (1953), and Henry Knox (1750). After him are Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Dean Phillips (1969), Jim Gibbons (1944), Leo Ryan (1925), Olene Walker (1930), and William J. Donovan (1883).

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