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Tim Scott

1965 - Today

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Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first African-American senator in the Southern United States to be directly elected, the longest-serving African-American senator in U.S. history, the first African-American to serve in both the House and Senate, and the first African-American senator to chair a full committee. Born and raised in Charleston, Scott worked in financial services before entering politics. He served on the Charleston County Council from 1995 to 2009, was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly from 2009 to 2011, and represented South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Scott is the 8,409th most popular politician (up from 17,494th in 2024), the 3,103rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,491st in 2019) and the 273rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tim Scott ranks 8,409 out of 19,576. Before him are Zu Geng of Shang, Hrothgar, Branko Crvenkovski, Charan Singh, Henry Oldenburg, and Yegor Gaidar. After him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Vasco Gonçalves, Eleanor of Castile, and Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Tim Scott ranks 77. Before him are Valeria Golino, Sunita Williams, Martin Lawrence, Yahya Jammeh, Robin Sharma, and Chris Rock. After him are Lennox Lewis, J. B. Pritzker, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Satoshi Tajiri, Guenther Steiner, and Raí.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Scott ranks 3,103 out of 20,380. Before him are Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Cannonball Adderley (1928), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), SZA (1990), Joseph Kittinger (1928), and Toby Keith (1961). After him are Melissa Leo (1960), Joan Didion (1934), Annie Potts (1952), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), and Bill Cobbs (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tim Scott ranks 273. Before him are George M. Dallas (1792), Pete Buttigieg (1982), John Brown Gordon (1832), Hannibal Hamlin (1809), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), and Thomas A. Hendricks (1819). After him are Gabby Giffords (1970), J. B. Pritzker (1965), Elihu Root (1845), Kamehameha III (1814), John Fetterman (1969), and Moses Finley (1912).

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