# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-byrd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:35:59.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-byrd"
name: "Robert Byrd"
slug: "robert-byrd"
description: "Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd is the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the West Virginia legislature and in both chambers of Congress."
tagline: "American politician (1917–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1917-11-20"
deathDate: "2010-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump