# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-edward-day
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:32:17.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-edward-day"
name: "J. Edward Day"
slug: "j-edward-day"
description: "James Edward Day was an American lawyer and business executive, most widely known as the United States Postmaster General under whose leadership the ZIP code was introduced."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1914-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J._Edward_Day_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-10-11"
deathDate: "1996-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             4.761904761904761
  historical:           7.211268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C2%B7%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7%E6%88%B4"
    title: "J·爱德华·戴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جاي إدوارد داي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جيه. داى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "جی. ادوارد دای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edward_Day"
    title: "J. Edward Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edward_Day"
    title: "J. Edward Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edward_Day"
    title: "J. Edward Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'._%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "ג'. אדוארד דיי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1676316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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