# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-j-king
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:38:44.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-j-king"
name: "Edward J. King"
slug: "edward-j-king"
description: "Edward Joseph King was an American politician who served as the 66th governor of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party until 1985, he then became a member of the Republican Party. Elected in the 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, he lost the Democratic primary of the 1982 election to his predecessor Michael Dukakis."
tagline: "Governor of Massachusetts (1925-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_King_(49704767958)_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-05-11"
deathDate: "2006-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.18070933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump