# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/collin-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:18:26.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/collin-peterson"
name: "Collin Peterson"
slug: "collin-peterson"
description: "Collin Clark Peterson is an American accountant, politician, and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 7th congressional district from 1991 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he was chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture from 2019 to 2021 having previously held the office from 2007 to 2011; he had been ranking member from 2011 to 2019 and 2005 to 2007. Peterson was the most senior U.S. representative from Minnesota and the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation. In 2020, Peterson was defeated by Michelle Fischbach, ending his 30-year tenure in the United States House of Representatives. In 2022, Peterson registered as a federal lobbyist after opening an eponymous consulting firm."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Collin_Peterson%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_c.112th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump