# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/okey-l-patteson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:31:26.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/okey-l-patteson"
name: "Okey L. Patteson"
slug: "okey-l-patteson"
description: "Okey Leonidas Patteson was the 23rd governor of West Virginia from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Democratic Party and of the \"machine\" that totally controlled politics in that era in the state."
tagline: "American politician (1898–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Okey_Patteson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1898-09-14"
deathDate: "1989-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.188125333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okey_Patteson"
    title: "Okey Patteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوكى ل باتيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوکئی پاتزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okey_L._Patteson"
    title: "Okey L. Patteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okey_Patteson"
    title: "Okey Patteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אוקיי פטסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okey_Leonidas_Patteson"
    title: "Okey Leonidas Patteson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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