Common man

The term common man emphasizes the similarities between a politician and the average citizen. For example: "I was born in a two bedroom house and walked to school with my brother."

Champion of the Common Man

The epithet "Champion of the Common Man" has been applied to several men:

• Gaius Gracchus
• Tiberius Gracchus
• John Wilkes
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• Abraham Lincoln
• William Jennings Bryan
• Eugene Debs
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Brian Torby
• John Edwards

See also

• Populism
• Everyman
• John Doe
• John Q. Public
• Jane Doe

See also: Common man, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Biography, Brian Torby, Eugene Debs, Everyman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt