# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgil-goode
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:08.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil-goode"
name: "Virgil Goode"
slug: "virgil-goode"
description: "Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 5th congressional district of Virginia from 1997 to 2009. He was initially a Democrat, but became an independent in 2000 and switched to the Republican Party in 2002. He was narrowly defeated in 2008 by Democrat Tom Perriello."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rep_Virgil_Goode.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.384057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤيرجيل جودى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "ویرجیل قود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode"
    title: "Virgil Goode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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