# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-law-curry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:37:52.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-law-curry"
name: "George Law Curry"
slug: "george-law-curry"
description: "George Law Curry was a predominant American political figure and newspaper publisher in the region that eventually became the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he published a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, before traveling the Oregon Trail to the unorganized Oregon Country. A Democrat, Curry served in the new Oregon Territory's government as a representative to the legislature and as Territorial Secretary before appointment as the last Governor of the Oregon Territory. Curry County in Southern Oregon is named in his honor."
tagline: "American journalist, Governor of Oregon (1820–1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Law_Curry_in_1860s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-07-02"
deathDate: "1878-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.02
  momentum:             0.514018691588785
  historical:           7.0081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جورج لو كاري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "چورچ لاو كورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جورج لاو کوری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Law_Curry"
    title: "George Law Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Law_Curry"
    title: "George Law Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Law_Curry"
    title: "George Law Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Карри, Джордж Лоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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