# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-james-roye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:40:58.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-james-roye"
name: "Edward James Roye"
slug: "edward-james-roye"
description: "Edward James Roye was a Liberian merchant and politician who served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 until his overthrow in the 1871 Liberian coup d'état and subsequent death. He had previously served as the fourth Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868. He was the first member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as president."
tagline: "First member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as President (1815-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_James_Roye2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1815-02-03"
deathDate: "1872-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.34
  momentum:             7.668340063298047
  historical:           16.446224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Эдвард Джэймс Рой"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward J. Roye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ედუარდ ჯეიმზ როი"
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    title: "에드워드 제임스 로이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward James Roye"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump