# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-higgins
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:44:31.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-higgins"
name: "Brian Higgins"
slug: "brian-higgins"
description: "Brian Michael Higgins is an American former politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, from 2005 until 2024. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 and as the 26th from 2013 to 2024, included Buffalo and Niagara Falls, along with some surrounding urban and suburban areas. Higgins is a member of the Democratic Party, and of several congressional committees and caucuses. He was born and raised Buffalo, New York, before obtaining a bachelor's and master's from Buffalo State College and an MPA from Harvard University."
tagline: "U.S. Representative from New York"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Higgins_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.09
  momentum:             6.699713818479151
  historical:           10.51267466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 321
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepBrianHiggins"
    handle:    "RepBrianHiggins"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
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    handle:    "repbrianhiggins"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "RepBrianHiggins"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSGbv85HaaYYOrPGePtxwag"
    handle:    "@congressmanhiggins"
    followers: 321
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    title: "布萊恩·希金斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برايان هيغينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بریان هیقنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "بریان هیگنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Higgins"
    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בריאן היגינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Higgins"
    title: "Brian Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505581"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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