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Wendell Ford

1924 - 2015

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Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of the United States Senate for 24 years from 1974 to 1999. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and United States senator in Kentucky history. He was the Senate Democratic whip from 1991 to 1999, and was considered the leader of the state's Democratic Party from his election as governor in 1971 until he retired from the Senate in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wendell Ford is the 12,398th most popular politician (up from 17,311th in 2019), the 5,225th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,935th in 2019) and the 439th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wendell Ford ranks 12,398 out of 19,576. Before him are Caroline Harrison, Christian Ntsay, Arthur Chung, Tiridates II of Armenia, Henri Laurent, and Felix Lichnowsky. After him are Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, Kuniwo Nakamura, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Ariarathes III of Cappadocia, John Curtin, and Gershon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Wendell Ford ranks 251. Before him are Marga López, Inge Sørensen, Martha Hyer, Marianne Werner, Rainer Barzel, and Patricia Kennedy Lawford. After him are Sylvia Miles, Evald Ilyenkov, Ed Koch, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Dennis Weaver, and Qiao Shi. Among people deceased in 2015, Wendell Ford ranks 211. Before him are Evelyn Furtsch, Tignous, Gene Amdahl, Patachou, Nora Brockstedt, and Ants Antson. After him are Nicolae Rainea, Roberto M. Levingston, Franjo Mihalić, Peter Dickinson, Qiao Shi, and Ibrahim Biogradlić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendell Ford ranks 5,225 out of 20,380. Before him are David Hedison (1927), Roy Rogers (1911), Tiffany Darwish (1971), Brian Keith (1921), Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924), and Bugs Moran (1893). After him are Joe Ruddy (1878), Roy Haynes (1925), The Boogeyman (1964), Chip Taylor (1940), Jack McGrath (1919), and Carl Panzram (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wendell Ford ranks 439. Before him are Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Bobby Jindal (1971), Joseph Brant (1742), Edmund Muskie (1914), Matilda Howell (1859), and Caroline Harrison (1832). After him are William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Ed Koch (1924), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Susana Martinez (1959), and Osceola (1804).

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