# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-obey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:58:07.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-obey"
name: "Dave Obey"
slug: "dave-obey"
description: "David Ross Obey is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. Until he was surpassed by Jim Sensenbrenner in 2020, Obey was the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin. Obey remains the longest serving Democratic Representative from Wisconsin."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Obey_111th_congressional_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.243308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داڤى اوبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داو اوبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Obey"
    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Obey"
    title: "David Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99"
    title: "דייב אובי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Obey"
    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Obey"
    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Obey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "ڈیو اوبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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