# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-w-atkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:07:13.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-w-atkinson"
name: "George W. Atkinson"
slug: "george-w-atkinson"
description: "George Wesley Atkinson was a United States cavalryman, lawyer, politician, judge and scholar who became the tenth governor of West Virginia after running as the candidate of the Republican Party. He also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia and ended his career of public service as a United States federal judge of the Court of Claims."
tagline: "American politician (1845-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_W._Atkinson.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1845-06-29"
deathDate: "1925-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.5
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump