# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-r-latham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:13.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-r-latham"
name: "George R. Latham"
slug: "george-r-latham"
description: "George Robert Latham was a 19th-century Virginia farmer, lawyer and politician who helped found the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, during which he served as a colonel in the Union Army. He later served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing West Virginia's 2nd congressional district (1864-1866), as well as became U.S. Consul in Melbourne, Australia (1867-1870) before returning to West Virginia to farm and hold various civic offices."
tagline: "Union United States Army officer (1832-1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GenGRLatham_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1832-03-09"
deathDate: "1917-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             3.944773175542407
  historical:           5.492118666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جورج آر. لاتام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ر. لاثام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ر. لاثام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Latham"
    title: "George R. Latham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Latham"
    title: "George R. Latham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Latham"
    title: "George R. Latham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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