# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ninian-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:04.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ninian-edwards"
name: "Ninian Edwards"
slug: "ninian-edwards"
description: "Ninian Edwards was an American political figure who was prominent in Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to until the territory earned statehood in 1818. He was then one of the first two United States senators from the State of Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and the third governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830. In a time and place where personal coalitions were more influential than parties, Edwards led one of the two main factions in frontier Illinois politics."
tagline: "American politician (1775-1833)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Gov._Ninian_Edwards_at_the_State_Capitol_in_Springfield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1775-03-17"
deathDate: "1833-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.42
  momentum:             2.561558384707985
  historical:           9.42664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ninian Edwards"
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    title: "نينيان ادواردس"
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    title: "Ninian Edwards"
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    title: "Ninian Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ninian Edwards"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninianus_Edwards"
    title: "Ninianus Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эдвардс, Ниниан"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump