# Who is the most influential, yet least well-known person in the United States politics?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 19, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-influential-yet-least-well-known-person-in-the-united-states-politics/684040 "2014-03-19T00:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-influential-yet-least-well-known-person-in-the-united-states-politics/684040/1 "2014-03-19T00:04:41Z")

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From any party and why are they so influential?

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-influential-yet-least-well-known-person-in-the-united-states-politics/684040/2 "2014-03-19T00:44:08Z")

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I’d go with Grover Norquist, but only because the Koch brothers are splitting their vote.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-influential-yet-least-well-known-person-in-the-united-states-politics/684040/3 "2014-03-19T01:08:24Z")

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Grover Norquist was the first person I thought of too.

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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-influential-yet-least-well-known-person-in-the-united-states-politics/684040/4 "2014-03-19T01:13:19Z")

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Col. House ?