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Roland Burris

1937 - Today

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Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Illinois from 1991 to 1995 and as a United States senator from Illinois from 2009 until 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois. Burris was first elected to public office in 1978, becoming the Comptroller of Illinois, and was reelected in 1982 and 1986. He was elected Illinois Attorney General in 1990, becoming the second African-American state attorney general in U.S. history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Roland Burris is the 16,260th most popular politician (up from 16,631st in 2024), the 9,476th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,276th in 2019) and the 721st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roland Burris ranks 16,258 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaetano Martino, Stephan Weil, Surendranath Banerjee, and Takashi Yokoyama. After him are Ștefan Golescu, Aristides Royo, Dudley Senanayake, Owain Gwynedd, Lucina Hagman, Hani Mulki, Oxyntes, and Hasan Muratović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Roland Burris ranks 467. Before him are Garrett Morris, Ramón Abeledo, Georg Thoma, J. Bernlef, Heinz Hornig, and Tony Maggs. After him are Stan Swamy, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Jerry Weintraub, Alv Gjestvang, Svante Thuresson, and Alberto Sainz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roland Burris ranks 9,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Harvey Korman (1927), Tom M. Apostol (1923), Pete Wilson (1933), George Moscone (1929), Alexis Arquette (1969), and Beatrice Hicks (1919). After him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Robert Stangland (1881), David Koepp (1963), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Nestor Serrano (1955), and Charley Grapewin (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roland Burris ranks 721. Before him are Angus King (1944), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), William Z. Foster (1881), Little Crow (1810), Pete Wilson (1933), and George Moscone (1929). After him are Tipper Gore (1948), Philander C. Knox (1853), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Harlow Curtice (1893), Charles Sumner (1811), and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750).

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