# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-hoeffel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:24:18.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-hoeffel"
name: "Joe Hoeffel"
slug: "joe-hoeffel"
description: "Joseph Merrill Hoeffel III is an American author and politician. A Democrat, Hoeffel was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. He also served multiple terms on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, and from 1977 to 1984, was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A native of Philadelphia, he is a graduate of Boston University and Temple University School of Law."
tagline: "American politician (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Hoeffel_Headshot_February_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.56
  momentum:             2.596153846153846
  historical:           4.61818
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چو هويفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%84"
    title: "جو هوفل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hoeffel"
    title: "Joe Hoeffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hoeffel"
    title: "Joe Hoeffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hoeffel"
    title: "Joe Hoeffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6210357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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