# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-aldrich-matteson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:09:04.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-aldrich-matteson"
name: "Joel Aldrich Matteson"
slug: "joel-aldrich-matteson"
description: "Joel Aldrich Matteson was the tenth governor of Illinois, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was the last Democratic governor of the state until John Peter Altgeld took office in 1893."
tagline: "American politician (1808–1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel.A.Matteson.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-08-08"
deathDate: "1873-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.32
  momentum:             0.7727272727272727
  historical:           7.008532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Aldrich_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Aldrich Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جول آلدریچ ماتزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Aldrich_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Aldrich Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Aldrich_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Aldrich Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A5'_%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ואל אולדריץ' מטסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Aldrich_Matteson"
    title: "Joel Aldrich Matteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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