# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-c-peery
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:00.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-c-peery"
name: "George C. Peery"
slug: "george-c-peery"
description: "George Campbell Peery was a Virginia lawyer, school principal and Democratic politician, who served as the 52nd governor of Virginia from 1934 to 1938, after serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as on the State Corporation Commission. Sometimes called the second governor selected, by the soon to be very powerful Byrd Organization, led by former Virginia Governor and later multi-term Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Peery was also the first Virginia governor from southwest Virginia, and noted his descent from early settlers of the Clinch Valley."
tagline: "American Democratic politician, and Governor of Virginia, 1934-1938"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeCPeery.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1873-10-28"
deathDate: "1952-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.876098666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Peery"
    title: "George C. Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B3%D9%89._%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "چورچ سى. پيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جورج سی. پیری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Peery"
    title: "George C. Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Peery"
    title: "George C. Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99"
    title: "ג'ורג' פירי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Campbell_Peery"
    title: "George Campbell Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgius_Campbell_Peery"
    title: "Georgius Campbell Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Peery"
    title: "George C. Peery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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