# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-whitfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:30:16.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-whitfield"
name: "Ed Whitfield"
slug: "ed-whitfield"
description: "Wayne Edward Whitfield is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative of Kentucky's 1st congressional district from January 1995, until his resignation in September 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party, and the first to represent the district. His district covered much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell."
tagline: "US politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rep._Ed_Whitfield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.950973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 59
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepEdWhitfield"
    handle:    "RepEdWhitfield"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RepEdWhitfield"
    handle:    "RepEdWhitfield"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt-VKq7FFzt3EWoo6mhDoA"
    handle:    "@whitfieldky01"
    followers: 59
sources:
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    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إد ويتفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اد ويتفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اد وایتفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitfield"
    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitfield"
    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اد وایتفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitfield"
    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitfield"
    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitfield"
    title: "Ed Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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