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Shelley Moore Capito

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Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( KAP-ih-toh; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. She is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor and six-term U.S. representative Arch Alfred Moore Jr. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia and the first West Virginia Republican to win a full term in the Senate since 1942. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Shelley Moore Capito is the 18,176th most popular politician (down from 18,028th in 2024), the 14,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,008th in 2019) and the 1,099th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 18,176 out of 19,576. Before her are Giancarlo Giorgetti, Mário Centeno, Pedro Zerolo, Lincoln Chafee, Robert Smalls, and Reema bint Bandar Al Saud. After her are John B. Weller, Hossein Rezazadeh, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Dieter Althaus, Ben Nelson, and Dalton Tagelagi.

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Among people born in 1953, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 641. Before her are Sam Kinison, Tim Gunn, Robert Thirsk, Danny Philip, and Lincoln Chafee. After her are Moushumi Chatterjee, Pat Cadigan, Vladimir Kolev, Alistair Darling, Linda Lingle, Michael Chertoff, and Stan Bush.

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 1,099. Before her are Alberto Gonzales (1955), Hakeem Jeffries (1970), Peter Fitzgerald (1960), Sam Rayburn (1882), Lincoln Chafee (1953), and Robert Smalls (1839). After her are John B. Weller (1812), Ben Nelson (1941), Alex Padilla (1973), Martha Layne Collins (1936), Mike Oxley (1944), and Paul LePage (1948).

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