# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bourke-cockran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:39:17.363Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bourke-cockran"
name: "William Bourke Cockran"
slug: "william-bourke-cockran"
description: "William Bourke Cockran, commonly known as Bourke Cockran or Burke Cochran in contemporary reports, was an Irish-American attorney, Democratic Party politician and orator who represented the East Side of Manhattan in the United States House of Representatives for seven non-consecutive terms between 1887 and 1923. An outspoken proponent of progressive taxation and government intervention, Cockran frequently critiqued the unchecked nature of capitalist systems."
tagline: "Irish-American politician (1854–1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W._Bourke_Cockran_LCCN2016706720_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1854-02-28"
deathDate: "1923-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             4.99540473665606
  historical:           5.960585333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ويليام بورك كوكران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام بورک کوکران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourke_Cockran"
    title: "William Bourke Cockran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourke_Cockran"
    title: "William Bourke Cockran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourke_Cockran"
    title: "William Bourke Cockran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourke_Cockran"
    title: "William Bourke Cockran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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