# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-hechler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:42:58.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-hechler"
name: "Ken Hechler"
slug: "ken-hechler"
description: "Kenneth William Hechler was a liberal American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001."
tagline: "American politician (1914-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Hechler_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-09-20"
deathDate: "2016-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             9.714285714285714
  historical:           6.619116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372930/"
    handle:    "nm0372930"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86_%DB%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "کین ہیکلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كين هيتشلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%87%DA%86%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "کن هچلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler"
    title: "Ken Hechler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler"
    title: "Ken Hechler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler"
    title: "Ken Hechler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler"
    title: "Ken Hechler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hechler"
    title: "Ken Hechler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q825255"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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