# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-starr-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:38.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-starr-king"
name: "Thomas Starr King"
slug: "thomas-starr-king"
description: "Thomas Starr King, often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as \"the orator who saved the nation\"."
tagline: "American minister (1824-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Starr_King.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1824-12-17"
deathDate: "1864-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.34
  momentum:             0.4756380510440836
  historical:           5.099174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Starr_King"
    title: "Thomas Starr King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "توماس ستار كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Starr_King"
    title: "Thomas Starr King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Starr_King"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "トマス・スター・キング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Starr_King"
    title: "Thomas Starr King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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