# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-kent
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:24.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-kent"
name: "Edward Kent"
slug: "edward-kent"
description: "Edward Kent was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th and 15th governor of Maine. He was among the last prominent members of the Whig Party in Maine before it collapsed in favor of the Republicans. He is the only Maine governor to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms, though his second term was through direct appointment by the Whig-dominated Maine Legislature."
tagline: "American mayor (1802–1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Edward_Kent.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1802-01-08"
deathDate: "1877-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.32
  momentum:             10.21807747489239
  historical:           7.873218666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kent"
    title: "Edward Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "إدوارد كينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ادوارد كينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ادوارد کنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kent"
    title: "Edward Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kent"
    title: "Edward Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kent"
    title: "Edward Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%98"
    title: "אדוארד קנט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_Kent"
    title: "Eduardus Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59729"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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