# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunning-bedford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:52:54.039Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunning-bedford"
name: "Gunning Bedford"
slug: "gunning-bedford"
description: "Gunning Bedford Sr. was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He is often confused with his cousin, Gunning Bedford Jr., who was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787."
tagline: "American politician 1742-1797"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunning_Bedford_(Senior).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1742-04-07"
deathDate: "1797-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.89
  momentum:             5.947115384615384
  historical:           6.339417333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Бедфорд, Ганнинг (старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جونينج بيدفورد (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_Bedford"
    title: "Gunning Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_Bedford_Sr."
    title: "Gunning Bedford Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "גאנינג בדפורד סניור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_Bedford%2C_Sr."
    title: "Gunning Bedford, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_Bedford"
    title: "Gunning Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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