# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arlen-specter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:40:05.552Z

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name: "Arlen Specter"
slug: "arlen-specter"
description: "Arlen Specter was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years."
tagline: "American politician (1930–2012)"
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birthDate: "1930-02-12"
deathDate: "2012-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump