# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-w-folk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:51:31.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-w-folk"
name: "Joseph W. Folk"
slug: "joseph-w-folk"
description: "Joseph \"Holy Joe\" Wingate Folk was an American lawyer, reformer, and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the 31st governor of Missouri from 1905 to 1909."
tagline: "American politician (1869-1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Wingate_Folk_cph.3b47532.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1869-10-28"
deathDate: "1923-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             1.74860853432282
  historical:           6.542153333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Folk"
    title: "Joseph W. Folk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83"
    title: "جوزيف دبليو. فولك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "جوزف دبلیو. فولک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Folk"
    title: "Joseph W. Folk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Folk"
    title: "Joseph W. Folk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A7"
    title: "ג'וזף פולק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Фолк, Джозеф Уингейт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump