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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Shelley Moore Capito is the 18,091st most popular politician (down from 18,053rd in 2019), the 14,155th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,012th in 2019) and the 1,096th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 18,091 out of 19,576Before her are Pieter Omtzigt, 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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Contemporaries

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

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 14,159 out of 20,380Before her are Ronald D. Moore (1964), Robert Smalls (1839), Derrick May (1963), Blake Griffin (1989), Roger Sanchez (1967), and Frank Lovejoy (1912). After her are Weston McKennie (1998), Jonathan Adams (1967), Charles Portis (1933), Leonard Maltin (1950), Chris Hero (1979), and Annalise Basso (1998).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Shelley Moore Capito ranks 1,096Before 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).