# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-cartwright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:02:44.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-cartwright"
name: "Matt Cartwright"
slug: "matt-cartwright"
description: "Matthew Alton Cartwright is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2025. The district includes a large swath of northeastern Pennsylvania, anchored by Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and the Poconos. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Cartwright was first elected to Congress in 2012 after defeating incumbent Tim Holden in the Democratic primary. As an attorney, Cartwright previously worked at the law firm of Munley, Munley, and Cartwright."
tagline: "U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Cartwright%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           10.40998266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 429
platforms:
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    handle:    "RepCartwright"
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    handle:    "CongressmanMattCartwright"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump