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Mark Foley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 16th district
In office January 3, 1995 – September 29, 2006
Preceded by
Tom Lewis
Succeeded by
Tim Mahoney
Member of the Florida Senate from the 35th district
In office November 1992 – November 1994
Preceded by
Jack D. Gordon[1]
Succeeded by
Tom Rossin
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 85th district
In office November 1990 – November 1992
Preceded by
Frank S. Messersmith[2]
Succeeded by
Mimi McAndrews
Personal details
Born
Mark Adam Foley
(1954-09-08) September 8, 1954 (age 69) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Domestic partner
Layne Nisenbaum (1984–died 2012)
Education
Palm Beach State College
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[3] to teenage boys who had formerly served and were at that time serving as Congressional pages.[4][5] As a result of the disclosures, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted investigations of the messages to find possible criminal charges.[6] Each ended with no criminal finding. In the case of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the "FDLE conducted as thorough and comprehensive investigation as possible considering Congress and Mr. Foley denied us access to critical data," said FDLE commissioner Gerald Bailey with the closure of the case.[7] The House Ethics Committee also conducted an investigation into the response of the House Republican leadership and their staff to possible earlier warnings of Foley's conduct.[8]
^"Our Campaigns - FL State Senate 35 Race - Nov 03, 1992".
^"Our Campaigns - FL State House 85 Race - Nov 06, 1990".
^"Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches". ABC News. October 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-05.
^"Florida Republican Foley Resigns From U.S. House Seat". Bloomberg L.P. September 29, 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
^"Foley's Exchange With Underage Page". ABC News.
^Babington, Charles; Weisman, Jonathan (October 2, 2006). "FBI to Examine Foley's E-Mails". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
^"Foley Investigations Summary, October 2, 2007". Fdle.state.fl.us. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
^Weisman, Jonathan (2006-10-12). "Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel: Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question". Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
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