# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-coles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:43.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-coles"
name: "Edward Coles"
slug: "edward-coles"
description: "Edward Coles was an American abolitionist and politician, elected as the second governor of Illinois. From an old Virginia family, Coles as a young man was a neighbor and associate of presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, as well as secretary to President James Madison from 1810 to 1815."
tagline: "2nd governor of Illinois (1786-1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward.Coles.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1786-12-15"
deathDate: "1868-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             0.7419898819561552
  historical:           9.422932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إدوارد كولز"
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    title: "ادوارد کولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coles"
    title: "Edward Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coles"
    title: "Edward Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coles"
    title: "Edward Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A1"
    title: "אדוארד קולס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_Coles"
    title: "Eduardus Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%89%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%89_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "اډوارډ کولیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Колс, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coles"
    title: "Edward Coles"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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