# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-mcclure
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:44.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-mcclure"
name: "Alexander McClure"
slug: "alexander-mcclure"
description: "Alexander Kelly McClure was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Pennsylvania. He served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1858 to 1859 and 1865 to 1866 as well as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district in 1861 and the 4th district from 1873 to 1874. He was a prominent supporter, correspondent, and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the editor of the Franklin Repository newspaper in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and of the Philadelphia Times. The borough of McClure, Pennsylvania, and the Alexander K. McClure School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are named in his honor."
tagline: "American politician (1828–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Kelly_McClure.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1828-01-09"
deathDate: "1909-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             1.568627450980392
  historical:           3.739705333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "الكسندر مكلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "اليكساندر مكلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "آلزاندر مک‌کلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McClure"
    title: "Alexander McClure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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