# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-p-letcher
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:56:39.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-p-letcher"
name: "Robert P. Letcher"
slug: "robert-p-letcher"
description: "Robert Perkins Letcher was an American politician and lawyer who was the 15th governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. He served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1823 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835. He also served as Minister to Mexico and in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the Whig Party, he was a friend of Henry Clay and John J. Crittenden."
tagline: "American governor of Kentucky (1788-1861)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert-P.-Letcher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1788-02-10"
deathDate: "1861-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.875270666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher"
    title: "Robert P. Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%89._%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روبيرت پى. ليتشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت پی. لتچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Letcher"
    title: "Robert Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher"
    title: "Robert P. Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A6'%D7%A8"
    title: "רוברט לטצ'ר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BBP%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ロバート・P・レッチャー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertus_Letcher"
    title: "Robertus Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher"
    title: "Robert P. Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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