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Lincoln Chafee

1953 - Today

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Lincoln Davenport Chafee ( CHAY-fee; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, from 1993 to 1999, a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2019; in June 2019, The Boston Globe reported that he had become a registered Libertarian, having previously been a Republican until September 2007 and an independent and then a Democrat in the interim. The son of Republican politician John Chafee, who was the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, the United States Secretary of the Navy, and a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lincoln Chafee has received more than 1,657,309 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Lincoln Chafee is the 18,276th most popular politician (down from 16,734th in 2019), the 14,678th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,592nd in 2019) and the 1,089th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lincoln Chafees by language

Over the past year Lincoln Chafee has had the most page views in the with 86,799 views, followed by German (1,920), and Chinese (1,285). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (104.98%), Catalan (68.85%), and Bosnian (50.39%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lincoln Chafee ranks 18,276 out of 19,576. Before him are John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Ben Cayetano, Ana Mato, Irina Khabarova, Alex Azar, and John B. Weller. After him are Mamady Youla, Igor Trandenkov, George Clement Perkins, Fisher Ames, Judy Chu, and Thomas Menino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Lincoln Chafee ranks 661. Before him are Elfi Zinn, Linda Lingle, Sharon Robinson, David Kennedy, Evelin Kaufer, and Nanci Griffith. After him are Judy Chu, Walter Jon Williams, Claire McCaskill, Lillete Dubey, Brian Duffy, and James Guthrie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lincoln Chafee ranks 14,678 out of 20,380. Before him are Sydney Penny (1971), Raymond Benson (1955), Darryl Dawkins (1957), William A. Dembski (1960), Andrew Luck (1989), and Kimberly Peirce (1967). After him are Paul Walter Hauser (1986), Leigh-Allyn Baker (1972), Ruth Donnelly (1896), Jay Thomas (1948), Carl Knowles (1910), and Ralph Beard (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lincoln Chafee ranks 1,089. Before him are Oliver Wolcott (1726), Tim Johnson (1946), John Dingell (1926), Ben Cayetano (1939), Alex Azar (1967), and John B. Weller (1812). After him are George Clement Perkins (1839), Fisher Ames (1758), Judy Chu (1953), Thomas Menino (1942), Christine Gregoire (1947), and Andrew Yang (1975).

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