# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-m-mccook
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:55:14.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-m-mccook"
name: "Edward M. McCook"
slug: "edward-m-mccook"
description: "Edward Moody McCook was an American lawyer, politician, distinguished Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, diplomat, and governor of the Territory of Colorado. He was a member of the famed \"Fighting McCook\" family of Ohio. Four of his brothers and 10 of his first cousins served as officers, with six of the family members becoming generals before the end of the war."
tagline: "Union Army general (1833–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_M._McCook_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1833-06-15"
deathDate: "1909-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.41
  momentum:             11.99223163841808
  historical:           5.479878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%85._%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "ادوارد ام. مک‌کوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "إدوارد مودي ماكوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ادوارد مودى ماكوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._McCook"
    title: "Edward M. McCook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Moody_McCook"
    title: "Edward Moody McCook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._McCook"
    title: "Edward M. McCook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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