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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividend Payments | During 2019, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $59.0 million as detailed below:
| Quarter Ended |  |  |  |  |  |
| March 31, 2019 |  | June 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2019
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid per common share | $ | 0.19625 |  |  | $ | 0.19750 |  |  | $ | 0.19875 |  |  | $ | 0.20000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 14,588 |  |  | $ | 14,688 |  |  | $ | 14,789 |  |  | $ | 14,886 |
Record date | February 15, 2019 |  | May 24, 2019 |  | August 23, 2019 |  | November 22, 2019
Payment date | March 22, 2019 |  | June 28, 2019 |  | September 27, 2019 |  | December 27, 2019
Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Basic Common Shares | Cash dividends declared on the Company’s outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.79750 |  |  | $ | 0.77750 |  |  | $ | 0.75750 |

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