Ben Sasse

American politician and college president (born 1972)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: February 22, 1972
Place of birth: Plainview
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: politician, management consultant, university teacher
Employer: Jeff Fortenberry, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Midland University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Florida (?–2024)^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Position held: Chief of Staff, assistant secretary, chancellor, assistant, United States senator (2015–2017), United States senator (2017–2019), United States senator (2019–2021), United States senator (2021–2023)^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Educated at: Harvard University (?–1994), Yale University (?–2004), St. John's College (?–1998), Fremont Senior High School^[15]
Religion or worldview: Lutheranism, Lutheran Churches^[16]^[17]
Member of political party: Republican Party^[19]
Official website: www.sasse.senate.gov^[22]
Website: www.sasse.senate.gov
Citizenship: United States
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Family name: Sasse^[20]
Given name: Ben^[21]
Name in native language: Ben Sasse^[24]
Social media followers: 13k (13k–177k, n=8)^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 36

ISNI: 0000000031887207
VIAF cluster ID: 65737929
Library of Congress authority ID: n96058005
GND ID: 1144275148
Ballotpedia ID: Ben_Sasse
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 77429
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): benjaminsasse
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Ben-Sasse
FAST ID: 1994004
Facebook username: SenatorSasse
Freebase ID: /m/0j5wk_6
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000035026986077

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Goodreads author ID: 15189044
Instagram username: senatorsasse
MusicBrainz artist ID: 2fa91067-a955-46d0-b320-e099af14e561
National Library of Latvia ID: 000251105
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 284842605
Nebraska Authors author ID: ben-sasse
OpenSanctions ID: Ben Sasse
OpenSecrets people ID: N00035544
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 336780
Plex person key: 5f40342ecae2c60042f1a2fa
PolitiFact people and groups ID: ben-sasse
Political Graveyard politician ID: sarig-saunder.html#706.16.36
Prabook ID: 567355
Quora topic ID: Ben-Sasse
SNAC ARK ID: w67n111s
Trading Card Database name ID: 143477
US Congress Bio ID: S001197
US Federal Election Commission ID: S4NE00090
Vote Smart candidate ID: 150182
WikiTree person ID: Sasse-36
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhGWBr83XY3MYDBrPgtKd
X (Twitter) username: SenSasse
Yale LUX ID: person/dde5b4c4-ee04-4d84-b4ed-0749ce93ba3a
YouTube channel ID: UCYaNGwcM2Dl5yDcDqS6xV2g

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Position held 6

chancellor, Chief of Staff, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator

Employer 5

University of Florida, University of Texas at Austin, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Jeff Fortenberry, Midland University

Educated at 3

Harvard University, Yale University, St. John's College

Occupation 2

politician, university teacher

Religion or worldview 2

Lutheranism, Lutheran Churches

Chaired by 1

University of Florida

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Ben

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Republican Party

OpenSanctions ID 1

Ben Sasse

Participated in 1

first impeachment trial of Donald Trump

Place of birth 1

Plainview

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Ben Sasse was born on February 22, 1972^[1], in Plainview^[2]. He has worked as a politician^[3], management consultant^[4], and university teacher^[5].

FAQs

Where was Ben Sasse born?

Ben Sasse's place of birth was Plainview^[2].

What did Ben Sasse do for work?

Ben Sasse worked as a politician^[3], management consultant^[4], and university teacher^[5].

Where did Ben Sasse go to school?

Ben Sasse was educated at Fremont Senior High School^[15].

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[2] ↑ Ben Sasse — place of birth (P19): Plainview. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ben Sasse — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ben Sasse — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ben Sasse — position held (P39): Chief of Staff. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ben Sasse — position held (P39): assistant secretary. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ben Sasse — position held (P39): chancellor. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ben Sasse — position held (P39): assistant. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ben Sasse — educated at (P69): Fremont Senior High School. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ben Sasse — member of political party (P102): Republican Party. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ben Sasse — occupation (P106): politician. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2022-04-14. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ben Sasse — occupation (P106): management consultant. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ben Sasse — occupation (P106): university teacher. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ben Sasse — employer (P108): Jeff Fortenberry. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ben Sasse — employer (P108): United States Department of Health and Human Services. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ben Sasse — employer (P108): Midland University. bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ben Sasse — employer (P108): University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2019-07-03. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ben Sasse — religion or worldview (P140): Lutheranism. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ben Sasse — religion or worldview (P140): Lutheran Churches. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ben Sasse — date of birth (P569): February 22, 1972. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ben Sasse — family name (P734): Sasse. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ben Sasse — given name (P735): Ben. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ben Sasse — official website (P856): http://www.sasse.senate.gov. github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ben Sasse — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ben Sasse — name in native language (P1559): Ben Sasse. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 163,560. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 146,462. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 12,800. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 176,530. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 169,793. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 13,600. YouTube API. Retrieved 2023-03-21. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 13,500. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-03-23. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Ben Sasse — social media followers (P8687): 13,400. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-04-14. wikidata.org.

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