# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edolphus-towns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:19.967Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edolphus-towns"
name: "Edolphus Towns"
slug: "edolphus-towns"
description: "Edolphus \"Ed\" Towns Jr. is an American educator, military veteran, and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2013. A Democrat from New York, Towns was chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2011."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edolphus_Towns%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           9.037188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump