# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horatio-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:12:33.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horatio-king"
name: "Horatio King"
slug: "horatio-king"
description: "Horatio King was Postmaster General of the United States under James Buchanan. King served as the Postmaster General for only 21 days in 1861, the shortest tenure in the office's history."
tagline: "United States Postmaster General (1811-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horatio_King_03856a_restored.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-06-21"
deathDate: "1897-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.540965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ホレイショ・キング (郵政長官)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هوراشيو الملك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "هوراتیو کینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_King"
    title: "Horatio King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_King"
    title: "Horatio King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "הורשיו קינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_King"
    title: "Horatio King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375114"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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