# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-cowan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:34.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-cowan"
name: "Edgar Cowan"
slug: "edgar-cowan"
description: "Edgar Cowan was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate during the American Civil War."
tagline: "American politician (1815–1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Cowan_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1815-09-19"
deathDate: "1885-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.875378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edgar Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إدغار كوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادجار كوان"
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    title: "ادقار کوون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cowan"
    title: "Edgar Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cowan"
    title: "Edgar Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادگار کوون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "אדגר קוואן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cowan"
    title: "Edgar Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1283842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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