# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/preston-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:57:42.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/preston-king"
name: "Preston King"
slug: "preston-king"
description: "Preston King was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1863. King also represented the North Country in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms and represented his native St. Lawrence County in the New York State Assembly for four terms. King entered politics as an ally of Martin Van Buren and was a lifelong opponent of slavery as a member of the Democratic, Free Soil, and Republican parties."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hon._Preston_King%2C_N.Y_-_NARA_-_528387.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-10-14"
deathDate: "1865-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             1.287878787878788
  historical:           8.744061333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_King_(politician)"
    title: "Preston King (politician)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump