# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-duncan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:29:03.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-duncan"
name: "Joseph Duncan"
slug: "joseph-duncan"
description: "Joseph Duncan was an Illinois politician. He served as the sixth governor of Illinois from 1834 to 1838, the only Whig to ever govern the state. Before becoming governor he served four terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat."
tagline: "American politician (1794-1844)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Joseph_Duncan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1794-02-22"
deathDate: "1844-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             0.78125
  historical:           10.27660266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan"
    title: "Joseph Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جوزيف دنكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جوزيف دنكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جوزف دونکان (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan"
    title: "Joseph Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan_(politician)"
    title: "Joseph Duncan (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan"
    title: "Joseph Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%93%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'וזף דאנקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan_(politico)"
    title: "Joseph Duncan (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioseph_Duncan"
    title: "Ioseph Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Дункан, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duncan_(politician)"
    title: "Joseph Duncan (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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