# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-goebel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:54.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-goebel"
name: "William Goebel"
slug: "william-goebel"
description: "William Justus Goebel was an American Democratic politician who served as the 34th governor of Kentucky for four days, having been sworn in on his deathbed a day after being shot by an assassin. Goebel is the only sitting state governor in United States history to die by assassination."
tagline: "Governor of Kentucky; American politician (1856-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1856-01-04"
deathDate: "1900-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             9.782876955538013
  historical:           11.63114533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump