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Mark Foley

1954 - Today

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Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party, before resigning due to revelations that he had sent sexually explicit messages to teenaged boys who had served as congressional pages in what came to be known as the Mark Foley scandal. Foley resigned from Congress on September 29, 2006, acting on a request by the Republican leadership after allegations surfaced that he had sent suggestive emails and sexually explicit instant messages to teenage boys who had formerly served and were at that time serving as Congressional pages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Foley has received more than 619,096 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Foley is the 19,179th most popular politician (down from 17,504th in 2019), the 18,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,496th in 2019) and the 1,434th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mark Folies by language

Over the past year Mark Foley has had the most page views in the with 44,559 views, followed by German (906), and French (721). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (46.31%), Southern Azerbaijani (38.22%), and Indonesian (31.79%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mark Foley ranks 19,179 out of 19,576. Before him are Kevin Brady, London Breed, Pokimane, Chris Grayling, Jim Douglas, and Allen West. After him are Marielle Thompson, Erin O'Toole, Andy Beshear, Jim McGovern, Patrizia Kummer, and Vanessa D'Ambrosio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mark Foley ranks 752. Before him are John Cygan, Helen Volk, Scott May, Thomas DiLorenzo, Willie Thorne, and David Wilkie. After him are Frank Gray, and Kalpana Lajmi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Foley ranks 18,030 out of 20,380. Before him are Matthew Quick (1973), Madison De La Garza (2001), Greg Anthony (1967), Lacey Sturm (1981), Allen West (1961), and Buster Posey (1987). After him are Megan Young (1990), Kevin Schmidt (1988), Low Ki (1979), Brian Kendrick (1979), Paul W. Richards (1964), and Dejounte Murray (1996).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mark Foley ranks 1,434. Before him are Bob Ehrlich (1957), Loretta Sanchez (1960), Kevin Brady (1955), London Breed (1974), Jim Douglas (1951), and Allen West (1961). After him are Andy Beshear (1977), Jim McGovern (1959), Rod Grams (1948), Joe Scarborough (1963), Anthony Foxx (1971), and Stephanie Grisham (1976).

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