# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-cardin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:14:55.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-cardin"
name: "Ben Cardin"
slug: "ben-cardin"
description: "Benjamin Louis Cardin is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 2007 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987. In 58 years as an elected official, Cardin never lost an election."
tagline: "American lawyer and former politician (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Cardin%2C_official_Senate_photo_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  90
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1280
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2439090"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump